Museum of Tolerance, Los Angeles, California, USA

Feb 13, 2023 | California: Los Angeles Area, Museum

The Museum of Tolerance-Beit HaShoah, a multimedia museum in Los Angeles, California, United States, is designed to examine racism and prejudice around the world with a strong focus on the history of the Holocaust.

Museum of Tolerance: 9786 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90035

The Museum of Tolerance (MOT) challenges visitors to understand the Holocaust in both historic and contemporary contexts and confront all forms of prejudice and discrimination in our world today.

Walk to the bottom of the building

The portraits of the survivors of the holocaust

Looking up toward the ceiling

Fifteen government officials in the Wannsee Conference decided to murder Europe’s 11 million Jews.  They were highly educated people.

The portraits of the fifteen officials in the Wannsee Conference

Hitler’s writing on why the Jews should be terminated

Portraits of the people killed in the Holocaust

Unlike many other museums, this museum uses multimedia extensively to convey knowledge of history.

There were many students

World War II ended with a victory for Allied Forces.

The Jewish traditions before the holocaust

The enduring spirit

Simon Wiesenthal KBE was a Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor, Nazi hunter, and writer. He studied architecture and was living in Lwów at the outbreak of World War II

Anne Frank and the Hiding Place

Anne Frank’s family’s movement during her lifetime

Her diary has been translated into many languages

A replica of her diary

Who told the secret of the hiding place to the Nazis?

A multimedia view of Anne’s room

A multimedia view of the hiding place

Behind this similar bookcase was the hiding place

On Civil Rights and Social Justice

Using multimedia to show social prejudice and bigotry is in us.

A gallery shows immigration to the USA in the earlier time.