Illinois Holocaust Museum Executive Director Rick Hirschhaut (left) and Mark Terlecki, grandson of Katarzyna Moroz, unveil Moroz's plaque during a Kristallnacht ceremony Sunday at the museum. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media
Illinois Holocaust Museum Executive Director Rick Hirschhaut welcomes guests to the Fountain of the Righteous for a Kristallnacht commemoration Sunday. Four new heroes were added to the wall. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media
Illinois Holocaust Museum Executive Director Rick Hirschhaut Sunday introduces relatives and friends of four new heroes added to the wall surrounding the Fountain of the Righteous during a Sunday Kristallnacht commemoration. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Me
Maya Carmely, a representative of the Consulate General of Israel, speaks of the importance of heroic actions during the Holocaust at a Sunday Kristallnacht commemoration at the Illinois Holocaust Museum. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media
Ioanna Efthymiadou, Consulate General of Greece, speaks of the country's role in helping to save Jews during the Holocaust at a Kristallnacht commemoration Sunday at the museum. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media
Panos Spiliakos, son of Dimitris Spiliakos, listens to a summary of his father's heroic actions Sunday during a Kristallnacht commemoration at the Illinois Holocaust Museum. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media
Relatives and friends of four heroes line up Sunday at the Illinois Holocaust Museum's Fountain of the Righteous. Four plaques were added to the surrounding wall. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media
SKOKIE — Out of recognition of the darkest of nights comes celebration of light.That’s the way the Illinois Holocaust Museum has always commemorated the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the sanctioned unleashing of terror against Jews in Germany and Austria referred to as the November pogrom. … Read More