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Holocaust Museum Celebrates 1st Year
SKOKIE, Ill. (AP) -- The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center has planned several free events commemorating its first year of existence.

The $45 million museum in the Chicago suburb of Skokie opened last April.

It houses survivor testimonies and artifacts, including photographs, a Nazi-era rail car and an original volume of the Nuremberg war crime trial transcripts.

The museum bills itself as the largest facility of its kind in the Midwest.

On Monday, several Holocaust survivors will give lectures.

Officials say the mission is to help Holocaust survivors heal, prevent future atrocities and tell history through narratives.

On the Web:
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center: www.ilholocaustmuseum.org

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