Cincinnati's Holocaust museum offering free admission amidst 'surge in antisemitism'

Cincinnati's Holocaust museum in Union Terminal will be free to enter this month in response to a rise in antisemitism, a press release said.

Admission fees to the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center will be waived starting today until Jan. 2, 2023.

“As the only Holocaust museum in Ohio, our organization is in a unique position to bring the lessons of the Holocaust into the civic conversation," interim CEO David Wise said in a statement. "It is our responsibility to ensure the public can learn from the lessons of history, and this is a clear and immediate way for us to make an impact in this critical moment."

Wise said he hopes waiving admission fees for the rest of December, one of the museum's busiest months, will help educate visitors so they can "stand up against antisemitism."

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Attacks and threats made against Jewish people peaked in the United States last year, according to the Anti-Defamation League. The organization, which has been tracking antisemitic incidents since 1979, has recorded 509 acts or threats of violence so far this year.

“Museums are built for moments like these, and there are very few communities with a resource like the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center," Cincinnati Museum Center President and CEO Elizabeth Pierce added. "In this ongoing struggle against hate, its world-class exhibits, technology and programs are needed now more than ever.”

The Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center is open Thursday through Monday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Learn more at holocaustandhumanity.org/museum.

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