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Adelaide Holocaust Museum and Andrew Steiner Education Centre

The Adelaide Holocaust Museum and Andrew Steiner Education Centre (AHMSEC) is a museum housed in the historic Fennescey House at 33 Wakefield Street, in Adelaide city centre, just east of Victoria Square/Tarndanyangga.

The museum
Fennescey House belongs to the Catholic Church, and is located on the grounds of St Francis Xavier's Cathedral. The education centre is named after Andrew Steiner , an Adelaide Holocaust survivor and sculptor who had been providing education about the Holocaust to school students for the previous 30 years. One of Steiner's sculptures, a figure of Polish teacher hero of the Holocaust Janusz Korczak, is a centrepiece of the museum. and to combat antisemitism and racism. ==Galleries==
Galleries
The museum comprises four galleries: • The Jack and Robert Smorgon Families Foundation Gallery houses the education centre, which hosts programs for schools and for the general public. • The Franz Kempf Memorial Gallery is a small gallery featuring works by artist Franz Kempf, known as the Holocaust series. Shortly before its opening, the federal government announced million of funding for further development of the museum. The museum is temporarily closed for ongoing renovations, which are expected to be completed by spring 2025. A reopening date has not yet been set, as the museum team is currently recurating the newly renovated space. ==Targeting by neo-Nazis==
Targeting by neo-Nazis
After a group of neo-Nazis had posted photographs of themselves giving fascist salutes outside the museum premises on social media, Minister for Multicultural Affairs Zoe Bettison said that there would be a Parliamentary inquiry into "neo-Nazi symbols, the activities of extremist groups, discrimination faced by targeted groups and the prohibition on symbols in other states". ==Fennescey House==
Fennescey House
The heritage-listed Fennescey House was designed by architect Harrold Herbert (Herbert) Jory (20 March 1888 – 16 May 1966) in the Gothic Revival style, and built around 1940 as an education office for the Catholic Church. The building's name derives from its patrons, Mary and John Fennescey, who donated £20,000 towards its construction. The building is on the South Australian Heritage Register and is listed by the National Trust of South Australia (NTSA). ==References==
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