Toronto Holocaust Museum

The Toronto Holocaust Museum inspires visitors to think deeply about the tragedies of the Holocaust and make connections between this history, world events, and contemporary Canadian life.

The Toronto Holocaust Museum is a space for education and dialogue about this vital history and its ongoing relevance. The Museum serves as a powerful and growing force against antisemitism, bigotry and hatred in all its forms. Our state-of-the-art facility is the premier destination for Holocaust education in the city showcasing cutting edge technology, including interactive Holocaust survivor testimony stations at the core of each exhibit space and augmented reality tablet tours. The Museum deepens the public’s knowledge and understanding while, inspiring visitors to think critically about the tragedies of the Holocaust and to make connections between the Holocaust, world events, and contemporary Canadian life.

Address: 4588 Bathurst Street
Sherman Campus, North York

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February 12, 2023

March of the Living Canada is honoured to host the Torah Project in Toronto.

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January 17, 2023

Join the Holocaust Education Centre for a film screening of Valiant Hearts (Coeurs vaillants), a gripping story of survival and rescue from Nazi-occupied France.

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January 26, 2023

The Legacy Portrait Project is a short documentary that captures the relationship between Holocaust survivors and their grandchildren.

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November 6, 2022

In honour of Holocaust Education Week 2022, TJFF is proud to partner with the Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre to screen this riveting cinematic adaption of Jean-Philippe Daguerre’s Molière Award-winning play.

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November 9, 2022

Rabbi Schild was just weeks away from his Bar Mitzvah when the Nazis came to power in Germany. Initially sent to Canada as an enemy alien, Schild went on to become one of the country’s most beloved and influential rabbis.

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November 2, 2022

Conspiratorial thinking exploded during the pandemic. Where does it come from and what does it have to do with the Holocaust?

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November 2, 2022

to November 9, 2022

This year’s HEW will showcase our exemplary work as leaders in the field of Holocaust education throughout the decades and provide a glimpse of what is in store with the opening of new Toronto Holocaust Museum in spring 2023.

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April 27, 2022

UJA’s Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre is honoured to present an in person community-wide Yom HaShoah commemoration.

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January 30, 2022

Join us virtually for a unique opportunity to hear from Holocaust survivors about the lessons and legacies of this important history.

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January 27, 2022

Join the Neuberger this International Holocaust Remembrance Day as we explore the intersection of Holocaust memory and digital culture in museums, academia, and video games with experts and industry professionals.

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January 15, 2022

to January 17, 2022

Passage to Sweden (2021) tells a compelling story about European Jews who escaped to freedom and safety in Sweden and events that occurred in Scandinavia and Budapest during World War II.

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November 9, 2021

Join the Neuberger as journalist Mark Jacobson discusses the relevance of these myths today and shares some ideas about protecting Holocaust memory against denial and distortion into the future.

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November 14, 2021

Join us for an online Dialogue Descendants Symposium where we will come together to learn and share.

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November 8, 2021

Join us for an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the curation of the future Toronto Holocaust Museum, opening in 2023 on the Sherman Campus. Learn about this exciting project from the experts working on its development.

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November 1, 2021

Opening Night features Dr. Robert Williams who will contextualize the current state of Holocaust distortion and misinformation, setting the stage for a keynote conversation between Andrew Marantz and Erin Sylvester.

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November 1, 2021

to November 18, 2021

Spread instantly via social media and normalized through pop culture, the surge of Holocaust distortion, myths and misinformation has become increasingly common and dangerous. 

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June 28, 2021

to June 30, 2021

Discuss the legacies of sexuality-based persecution and its associated iconography in both Nazi Germany and Canada.

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May 20, 2021

to May 20, 2022

During these unprecedented times, the Neuberger is developing opportunities for students to continue to learn about the Holocaust in unique and innovative ways through online platforms. 

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May 20, 2021

The Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre is presents their latest series of online resources, providing innovative and interactive ways to continue to virtually learn about the Holocaust and its contemporary relevance.

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May 2, 2021

Please join us to celebrate the launch of the Azrieli Foundation’s recent publication, At Great Risk: Memoirs of Rescue during the Holocaust.

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April 8, 2021

As a nation, we will once again come together virtually, to honour the victims of the Shoah and pay tribute to Canada’s diverse community of Holocaust survivors.

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March 5, 2021

to March 8, 2021

Dr. May Cohen and her husband, Dr. Gerry Cohen, ran a successful medical practice for twenty years in the heart of Toronto’s Bathurst Manor community.

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March 5, 2021

to March 7, 2021

With unprecedented, exclusive access, White Noise tracks the rise of far-right nationalism and the terrifying heart of the movement.

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March 7, 2021

Join the Neuberger, the Canadian Anti-Hate Network, and director Daniel Lombroso for a conversation connected to the Canadian Premier of White Noise.

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February 9, 2021

Toronto’s leading Holocaust educators come together for the first time to discuss how rooting their work in the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance recommendations provides meaningful learning opportunities for all students.

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January 17, 2021

Join the Neuberger on January 17, to mark Raoul Wallenberg Day with a special program exploring the legacies and memory of rescue during the Holocaust and today.

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January 27, 2021

Join Auschwitz historian Professor Robert Jan Van Pelt as we explore the unique circumstances that produced film reel that would help shape public memory for decades.

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December 14, 2020

While we cannot all be together in person for this year’s event, its mission is the same: listen to survivor testimony and carry it forward so we never forget.

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November 29, 2020

Drawing on lessons learned from the Holocaust around the dangers of being a bystander, the symposium will explore how online activism can be key to enhancing our social activism.

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November 16, 2020

An intergenerational conversation with Holocaust survivor, Faigie Libman, and her granddaughter, Rachel Libman, in honour of Holocaust Education Week 2020.

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December 17, 2020

Daniel Panneton will present and answer questions on the connections between the rise of meme culture and their usage in spreading antisemitism and Holocaust denial, particularly during the COVID-19 era.

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December 3, 2020

Join the Neuberger as we consider the images that have forced retroactive reckonings with the past in Germany and Rome, how the loss of the last witnesses and survivors may influence this unfolding process.

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November 19, 2020

George Takei will discuss his own experiences being interned by the American government as a child, and his subsequent efforts to commemorate the historical wrong.

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November 5, 2020

The Sarah & Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre is proud to present Necessary Images, a 12-installment film and talkback series.

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November 9, 2020

HEW’s closing program will feature Holocaust survivor Pinchas Gutter’s personal reflections on the impact of Holocaust education and remembrance and will also include a special tribute marking the 82nd anniversary of Kristallnacht.

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November 2, 2020

What have we learnt from the Holocaust as a society that can better inform our future and point us towards a more just, equitable, and peaceful world?

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November 1, 2020

A discussion between Elin Beaumont and Chana Broder about surviving the Holocaust as a young child, and the intergenerational transmission of memory.

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November 23, 2020

Historian David Nasaw discusses his new book, The Last Million: Europe’s Displaced Persons from World War to Cold War.

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November 2, 2020

to November 9, 2020

Join the Neuberger by supporting HEW 2020. Together, we can learn from the past to create a better future.

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September 14, 2020

A live discussion between Judy Cohen and Elin Beaumont on women’s experiences during the Holocaust, the process of memoir writing at age 90 and the challenges Judy faced as an immigrant in a new country. 

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July 30, 2020

Medical clowning provides stress relief and a more positive hospital experience for patients, families, and healthcare workers.

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to November 30, 2022

Explore the moving and dramatic history of the Kindertransport and learn about the fate of these Kindertransport children through their personal objects and the stories they tell.