CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center

CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center
Location within Indiana
Established 1995
Location Terre Haute, Indiana
Coordinates 39°27′57″N 87°24′26″W / 39.4657°N 87.4073°W / 39.4657; -87.4073
Type History museum
Director Eva Mozes Kor (Founding Director)
Kiel Majewski (Executive Director)
Website http://www.candlesholocaustmuseum.org

CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center ("Children of Auschwitz Nazi Deadly Lab Experiments Survivors") is a museum in Terre Haute, Indiana which educates the public about the Holocaust. The museum was founded by Holocaust survivor Eva Mozes Kor, who with her twin sister Miriam was subjected to human experimentation under Dr. Josef Mengele at Auschwitz.[1]

References

  1. "CANDLES". CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center. Retrieved 31 January 2011.


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