The Holocaust Museum LA announced Monday it has received a $5 million gift from The Smidt Foundation that would move the institution closer to its goal of breaking ground this summer on a campus expansion. The expansion aims to double the museum’s existing area in Pan Pacific Park, increase visitor capacity and educational programs to greater numbers of students and schools, and incorporate new technology to preserve and present Holocaust survivor testimonies, said Beth Kean, the museum’s chief executive officer. “Trees are considered symbols of life and hope across cultures and faiths, and in many ways our museum is a...