Holocaust Museum

On Sunday, February 28th, the 1>0 girls and their families were invited to the opening of the newly renovated Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center Of Nassau County. It is located on 100 Crescent Beach Road in Glen Cove, NY.

The six galleries of the museum are filled with artifacts, videos, photographs and archival footage. Set up like a time line, each gallery takes you through all of the horrible events that occured from the beginning of the Holocaust all the way up to the genocide that still occurs today.

The 1>0 girls are honored to have a plaque with their picture in the sixth gallery of the museum. This gallery tells two very different stories. On one side are images of the genocide that has occured since the Holocaust. On the other side are the pictures of ordinary heroes who have stood up to injustice.

The girls were even more honored to meet Mr. Eddie Weinstein, a Holocaust survivor and author of 17 Days In Treblinka: Daring To Resist And Refusing To Die. This is an amazing book of survival. Several of the guides in the museum are Holocaust survivors themselves.

It was such a memorable afternoon and one that each of the girls and their families will treasure for many years to come.

For more information visit the museums website: www.holocaust.nassau.org or call 516 571-8040