Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust

Address:6435 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 303
Los Angeles, California

Visit the oldest Holocaust Museum in the United States of America and commemorate those lost by honoring their stories.

The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust was formed by a group of Holocaust survivors who met taking English classes, and decided to give a permanent home to the objects they carried with them from the Holocaust era. With emotional exhibits on the Ghetto, Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass), Deportation, the Founding of Israel and more, the museum's diverse relics will bring visitors an intimate picture of this time in history. Visitors can explore the rich culture of European Jewry prior to the Holocaust through a collection of photos, relics and other items from the pre-war period including hand-made dolls, and an 18th century Torah Scroll.

The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust has also created unique programming in the field of Holocaust education, training educators on how to teach the Holocaust in the classroom, supporting the first Catholic/Jewish dialogue in California, and the first dialogue between the families of victims and families of perpetrators in the early 1980s. Groundbreaking exhibits include "The Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals", and "Who Am I? Young Minds Forced to Choose", the story of young Jehovah's Witnesses who faced Nazi terror and refused to give in.

If spending the better part of the day here, there are numerous places to buy food within walking distance as well as a lovely public park with tables and benches near the La Brea Tar Pits. Do allow at least one hour to tour the museum, which is free and open to the public.

To get to the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust from the Santa Monica Freeway (10), exit Fairfax Avenue North. Proceed north to Wilshire Blvd. (about 5 miles). Turn left on Wilshire Blvd. and proceed west to La Jolla Drive. The museum is on the north side of the street, just past La Jolla, on the ground floor of the ORT Building.