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Established | 1995 |
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Location | Terre Haute, Indiana |
Coordinates | 39°27′57″N 87°24′26″W / 39.4657°N 87.4073°W |
Type | History museum |
Director | Eva Mozes Kor (Founding Director) Kiel Majewski (Executive Director) |
Website | http://www.candlesholocaustmuseum.org |
CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center is a museum in Terre Haute, Indiana which educates the public about the Holocaust. The museum was founded by Holocaust survivor Eva Mozes Kor, who with her twin sister Miriam was subjected to human experimentation under Dr. Josef Mengele at Auschwitz.