Address: Nancy Thompson Library, Room 206
1000 Morris Avenue
Union, NJ 07083
Phone: 908-737-4660
Fax: 908-737-4644
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Website: https://www.kean.edu/offices/holocaust-resource-center
Facebook: facebook.com/kean.un.HRC
Twitter: @hrckean
Instagram: @keanhrc
Director/Person-in-Charge: Dr. Adara Goldberg, Director
Principal Staff Members:
Sarah Coykendall, Managing Assistant Director
Year Established: 1982
Staff: Salaried - 2; Hourly- 2 (Academic Specialist & Graduate Assistant); Volunteers - 5
Type of Organization: The HRC is an educational center situated within Kean University, a state school in New Jersey, and is financially supported by the Holocaust Resource Foundation. We boast a collection of more than 6,000 books, DVDs, and other source materials, a database of 200+ Holocaust testimonies, graduate and undergraduate courses on the Holocaust, and a network of local partner school districts. Last year, the Holocaust Resource Center reached 6,800 students, teachers, community members, and survivors. The HRC is a proud Jewish Foundation for the Righteous Center of Excellence.
Mission: “Remembering the Past, Honoring the Present, Shaping the Future” The Holocaust Resource Center (HRC) is a joint initiative between Kean University and the Holocaust Resource Foundation, a private philanthropic organization founded by Holocaust survivors who rebuilt their lives in New Jersey. The HRC was established in 1982 to foster and reinforce ongoing awareness of the Holocaust among students, teachers and community members. From its inception, the Foundation's founders recognized education as the integral driving force behind the organization. Today, the Center continues to honor its founders by promoting messages of respect, understanding and empowerment. We fulfill our educational mandate in three ways: collections, commemorative events and teacher training. HRC programs and resources align with the New Jersey State Mandate on Holocaust Education. Through our various initiatives, we seek to learn from the past in order to create a better future.
Publications: Adara Goldberg, Holocaust Survivors in Canada: Exclusion, Inclusion, Transformation, 1947– 1955 (University of Manitoba Press, 2015); Sam Halpern, Darkness and Hope (Schreiber, Shengold Publishing, 1999); Clara Kramer, Clara's War: One Girl's Story of Survival (Harper Collins, 2009); Joseph Preil, Holocaust Testimonies: European Survivors and American Liberators in New Jersey (Rutgers University Press, 2001); Abraham Zuckerman, A Voice in the Chorus: Memories of a Teenager Saved by Schindler (Ktav Pub & Distributors Inc, 1991); “Becoming Partners in Atrocity Prevention” by Cara Thapa “Liberator Testimony Curriculum Guide” produced for the Holocaust Resource Center
