Toronto Holocaust Museum

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.

The Toronto Holocaust Museum is a department of UJA Federation of Greater Toronto. The founding donor is the Azrieli Foundation with contributions from the Government of Canada, the Province of Ontario, and private donors.

Located on the Sherman Campus in the Sheff Family Building, Charlotte & Lewis Steinberg Family Cultural Pavilion.

The oral history collection contains over 450 digitized and catalogued testimonies. The interviewees are primarily Holocaust survivors from European countries who immigrated to Toronto and other parts of Canada. Some of the witnesses are also rescuers and World War II veterans. This collection was recorded between 1988 and 1994, and has been preserved, digitized, and indexed with the USC Shoah Foundation. As part of the “Canadian Collections” it is part of more than 1200 testimonies from Holocaust survivors who rebuilt their life in Canada.

Publications: Holocaust Education in Pedagogy, History and Practice (2015)