The Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida — Attraction in Maitland

I took a friend here for a Sunday funday adventure. There is a lot of reading, and the VR simulation for Anne Franks Annex was quite the experience. I learned more at this museum than I did in grade school about the Holocaust in southern Ohio’s education system and the most fascinating tidbit I learned was that Nazi’s were referred to as stormtroopers. Made me wonder if George Lucas was using a play on words in the famous Star Wars series. I gave this place a 4 star because it was not clear on where the entrance was for the museum, although this may be a safety feature and not a lack of signage as the buildings heavily guarded for obvious reasons. I also felt as a wheelchair user the thick carpet was extremely difficult to maneuver over and there was just too many chairs set up in the viewing rooms for me to not get a cric in my neck while viewing the first rooms exhibit. While the museum attendant did ask if she could move chairs for me, it’s something I don’t enjoy calling attention to and do prefer for things to be wheelchair friendly in museums before attending than an after the...

What an amazing opening night of the Margaret and H.A.Rey exhibition last night! The speaker was so sweet and poignant, remembering the young survivor Jewish girl her family sheltered in France for such a long time. Her husband elucidated her talk with history notes, of which he is a student. Their family was honored at Yad Vashem, with the medal exhibited here, along with other artifacts. Their 66-year marriage is a beautiful love story. The children's fair foods were a very sweet touch while we read the huge plaques of the Rey's story and escape from the Nazis with drawings and manuscripts of Curious George in their baskets on homemade bicycles put together from scrap metal. This exhibition will be meaningful to all ages, with coloring pages and crayons ready for the youngest...

I found out about this museum from a friend. A good place to go and be reminded that evil does exist and we must be so careful to never allow hate and evil to prevail.

The museum is free! It is the beautiful legacy of Valencia College professor Tess Wise who opened the center in 1986 after experiencing a hate crime.

There are plans for the museum to move to a beautiful new building in downtown Orlando.

My favorite section featured people from different countries that helped protect Jewish people. Many of them lost jobs while many others lost their lives....