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Kraft family gives $1 million to U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft. David Silverman

The Kraft family recently gave $1 million to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s American College Youth Initiative, becoming part of the organization’s Founding Society as a result.

A release from the museum said that the gift, from the Robert and Myra Kraft Family Foundation, was part of a larger fundraising campaign led by Night author and honorary chair Elie Wiesel to “keep Holocaust memory alive as a relevant, transformative force in the 21st century.’’

The New England Patriots owner and his family are active philanthropists, and Robert is a trustee of several organizations including Boston College, Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, Jewish Campus Life Fund, and USA Bid Committee.

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The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is located in Washington, D.C.

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