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The Ipp family arrived in the United States on June 12, 1947. His father Israel, who had been an attorney in Lithuania, found work cleaning bathrooms in a gas station. His mother Edna worked as a seamstress in Thalhimer's department store. To make their integration into American society easier, they
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in 1954, serving as an instructor in the Judge Advocate General's Corps. He was honorably discharged at the rank of sergeant after eight years of service. A skilled aviator, Ipson ascended to the rank of full colonel in the Virginia Defense Force Aviation Brigade, serving as its commander from 1988
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The Virginia Holocaust Museum features tours, programs, lectures, films and other events, and many of the emphasized stories are about the experiences of Holocaust survivors who reside or had resided in Richmond. In 2007, the Virginia Holocaust Museum celebrated its 10th anniversary. On
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and frequently spent his mornings giving talks at local schools about the Holocaust. A friend suggested that he should establish a museum to let people learn more from him. After a discussion with leaders at the
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Already more than 150,000 people have visited the Virginia Holocaust Museum; about 70 percent are students. The museum is one of many organizations worldwide where young
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opened the only originally rebuilt Nuremberg Courtroom ("Palace of Justice") in the United States as new part of the Virginia Holocaust Museum.
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was established in May 1997 in five small rooms at the old school building next to Temple Beth-el in Richmond. Ipson was mainly supported by
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But the number of students wanting to attend was rising very fast and so they had to look for a new location. With support of Congressman
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provided an old warehouse at 2000 East Cary Street. After enormous efforts the new museum was opened in 2003.
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Interview with Mr. Jay M. Ipson, President and Executive Director of the Virginia Holocaust Museum (2009)
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used in the museum's logo. Ipson served as the museum's president and executive director until 2012.
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Virginia Holocaust Museum co-founder honored by Austria, Richmond Times-Dispatch, May 11, 2010
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To See, to Feel, to Know: Experiencing the Holocaust Through the Virginia Holocaust Museum
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In 2005, he was honored with the Director's Community Leadership Award by the
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On January 16, 2001, Jay M. Ipson received a First Freedom Award from the
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On May 11, 2010, Jay M. Ipson was the first U.S. citizen to receive the
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officially visited the Virginia Holocaust Museum to present the award.
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As owner of American Auto Parts in Hopewell, Ipson was active in the
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celebration at the Virginia Holocaust Museum (2009)
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Hanukkah
Kovno
Litvak
Holocaust survivor
Virginia Holocaust Museum
Richmond, Virginia

Kovno Ghetto
Nazi-Germany
Munich
Thomas Jefferson High School
University of Richmond
United States Army Reserve
Anti-Defamation League
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Richmond
Virginia Holocaust Museum
Al Rosenbaum
Mark Fetter
menorah
Eric Cantor
Virginia

Nuremberg Courtroom
Yom HaShoah
Tim Kaine
Austrians
Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service

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