Northern Transylvanian Holocaust Memorial Museum

Northern Transylvanian Holocaust Memorial Museum is rated 3 out of 5 in the category museums and institutions. Read and write reviews about Northern Transylvanian Holocaust Memorial Museum. The Northern Transylvanian Holocaust Memorial Museum opened its doors on September 11, 2005, through an international, grassroots effort. The museum is operated and maintained by the Jewish Architectural Heritage Foundation of New York (JAHF) and Asociata Memoralia Hebraica Nuşfalău (AMHN) - a Romanian NGO, with the support of the Claims Conference, Elie Wiesel National Institute for Studying the Holocaust in Romania, among other philanthropic and pedagogical partners. Over an 18 month period, JAHF and AMHN successfully launched a vigorous campaign driving the restoration and adaptive reuse of a dilapidated 19th century synagogue forward. Its efforts contributed to appropriation of the building through a 49 year lease, raising funds to complete construction, establishing educational criterion, and supported pedagogical training for the regional school systems. The Northern Transylvania Holocaust Memorial Museum continues to functionsas an educational hub and essential resource for Holocaust Education in Northwestern Romania.