25 Years of Memories
The Florida Holocaust Museum
By Aaron R. Fodiman
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2017
| TAMPA BAY MAGAZINE 49
Walter Loebenberg, who left Nazi Germany in 1939
to come to the United States and subsequently
served in the U.S. Army during World War II,
became a successful businessman in Pinellas
County. However, he never forgot how fortunate he was to
have escaped the Holocaust. He conceived the idea of creating a
living memorial to those who suffered and perished under Nazi
Germany. Along with other local philanthropists and community
leaders, some who were survivors of the Holocaust or who had
lost relatives, Loebenberg gathered a group of individuals who
wanted to ensure that such atrocities would never happen again.
The Florida Holocaust Museum stands
proudly in downtown St. Petersburg
where it is easily accessible to all who
wish to visit it.
s
The Florida Holocaust
Museum staff is
dedicated to teaching.