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Address: University of Massachusetts Amherst
758 North Pleasant St.
Amherst, MA 01002
Phone: 413-577-0221
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Website: https://www.umass.edu/ihgms/

Director/Person-in-Charge: Dr. Alon Confino, Director 

Year Established: 2011
Staff: Salaried - 2; Volunteer - 6

Type of Organization or Mission: Scholarly and Educational Institute

Services: Scholarly and research activites, conferences, workshops, talks, working groups, permanent exhibit, docent tours, school visits, library

Address: 89 South Street, Suite 401
Boston, MA 02111
Phone: 617-232-1595
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Website: https://www.facinghistory.org/

Director/Person-in-Charge: Dr. Roger Brooks, President 
Principal Staff Members:
Abby Weiss, Smith Family Senior Vice President and Chief Officer, Program & Thought Leadership
Anne-Marie Fitzgerald, Vice President and Chief Officer, Operations & Advancement
Steve Becton, Chief Officer, Equity and Inclusion
Mariel Gonzales, Chief Officer, Finance & Talent
Lara Jordan James, Chief Officer, Marketing & Communications
Cameron Logan, Chief Officer, Technology & Innovation
Marc Skvirsky, Vice President, Special Initiatives
Dimitry Anselme, Executive Program Director for Professional Learning and Support
Brooke Harvey, Executive Program Director, Content Strategy
Jeremy Nesoff, Director of District Partnerships, Acting Director of Jewish Education

Year Established: 1976
Staff: Salaried - 170; Volunteer - 270

Type of Organization or Mission: Facing History and Ourselves is an international educational organization whose mission is to engage students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice and antisemitism in order to promote the development of a more humane and informed citizenry. By studying the historical development and lessons of the Holocaust and other instances of genocide and collective violence, students make the essential connection between history and the moral choices they confront in their own lives. Facing History conducts over 100 workshops, seminars, online courses and webinars for middle school and high school educators each year, providing interdisciplinary programs, resources and speakers that connect the past to the world today. A schedule of upcoming professional development programs and community events given at each of the nine offices, as well as downloadable study guides and other resources are available on the Facing History website.

Services: Professional development workshops (one and two-day) and institutes (3, 5 and 6 day) for middle and high school teachers; Jewish Education Project, resources and staff development for Jewish day schools; Conferences, community events, online forums and public exhibitions; Website for use by Facing History teachers including online discussions, unit outlines, lesson plans, teaching tips, and a resource library.

Publications: Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior (primary resource book); A Convenient Hatred: The History of Antisemitism; Crimes Against Humanity and Civilization: The Genocide of the Armenians; I Promised I Would Tell (Holocaust survivor memoir); Elements of Time (companion guide to Facing History's videotape collection of Holocaust survivor testimonies); Facing History and Ourselves: Jews of Poland; Fundamental Freedoms: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Race and Membership in American History: The Eugenics Movement; Stories of Identity: Religion, Migration and Belonging in a Changing World; What Do we do with a Difference? France and the Debate over Headscarves in Schools; Study guides for books, exhibits and films

Address: PO Box 620122
Newton, MA USA
Phone: 617-965-4570
Fax: 617-965-4577
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Director/Person-in-Charge: Richard E. Kaplan, Manager

Type of Organization or Mission: Subsidiary of The Seymour Kaplan Memorial Foundation

Address: 352 Lafayette St.
Salem, MA 01970
Phone: 978- 542-2314
Fax: 978-542-2858
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Website: https://www.salemstate.edu/chgs
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/212385072259274

Director/Person-in-Charge: Dr. Christopher Mauriello
Principal Staff Members:
Dr. Regina Kazyulina, Assistant Director
Lynn Blayer, Program Assistant

Year Established: 2014

Type of Organization or Mission: A faculty-led academic center whose purpose is to advance interdisciplinary scholarship in the fields of Holocaust, genocide and memory studies, prepare educators to integrate the study of the Holocaust and genocide into curricula and serve as a regional, national and international resource for those preparing to teach, do research or work in the fields of comparative genocide, human rights, refugee/asylum law, and social/psychological issues of post-conflict societies.

Address: 777 Elsbree St.
Fall River, MA 02720
Phone: 508-678-2811, ext. 2444
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Website: https://bristolcc.edu/about/inthecommunity/bristolholocaustandgenocidecenter/index.html

Director/Person-in-Charge: Dr. Ron Weisberger
Principal Staff Members:
Linell Dean, Admin. Assistant
Dr. Howard Tinberg, Faculty Consultant

Year Established: 2013 

Type of Organization or Mission: The Center serves as a resource in the Southeastern Massachusetts region to provide education on the Holocaust and other genocides to middle, high school and college faculty and students as well as the general community.

Services: Speakers and conferences; Workshops on Holocaust pedagogy; A resource center with books, DVDs, online material and relevant artifacts; Support for courses on the Holocaust and other courses which integrate information on the Holocaust and other genocides.

Publications: Tinberg and Weisberger, Teaching, Learning and the Holocaust (Indiana University Press, 2014); Semi-annual newsletter

Address: 5700 Park Heights Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21215
Phone: 410-542-4850
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Website: https://www.baltjc.org/

Director/Person-in-Charge: Howard Libit, Executive Director

Principal Staff Members:
Emily Goodman, Director of Holocaust & Countering Antisemitism Programs

Year Established: 1939

Type of Organization or Mission: Community relations organization

Services: Speakers' Bureau; Commemorations; Lectures; Exhibits; Teacher-training workshops; Resource Center; Baltimore Holocaust Survivors and Descendants group

Address: 5801 W. 115th St., Suite 106
Overland Park, KS 66211
Phone: 913-327-8190
Fax: 913-327-8193
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Website: https://mchekc.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MidwestCenterforHolocaustEducation

Director/Person-in-Charge: Jessica Rockhold, Executive Director/CEO
Principal Staff Members:
Dr. Shelly Cline, Public Historian
Dana Smith, Accounting Manager

Year Established: 1993 

Type of Organization or Mission: The Midwest Center for Holocaust Education teaches the history of the Holocaust, applying its lessons to counter indifference, intolerance, and genocide. We serve people of all faiths and cultures in eastern Kansas, western Missouri and elsewhere in the Midwest. Our programs reach teachers and students (primarily grades 7 through college) and civic and community groups.

Services: Second Generation speakers' bureau; Teacher education / Isak Federman Holocaust teaching cadre; University roundtable; Resource Center / Witness Archive; Community lectures / exhibits / commemoration; White Rose student essay contest (grades 8-12); Resource collections for schools, based on Anne Frank, Night, and local survivor testimonies

Publications:  Video/DVD: The Holocaust: Through Our Own Eyes; From the Heart: Life Before and After the Holocaust - A Mosaic of Memories; Jewish Responses; The Memory Project: A Collection of Writings by Holocaust Survivors; Kristallnacht, Ghettos, In Hiding, Auschwitz, Liberation and Aftermath DVD series; Collective Voices, A Collection of Writings by Children and Grandchildren of Survivors; Semi-annual newsletter

Address: 1532 South Third Street
Terre Haute, Indiana, 47802
Phone: 812-234-7881
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Website: https://candlesholocaustmuseum.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/candlesmuseum
Twitter: @candlesmuseum

Director/Person-in-Charge: Troy Fears, Executive Director; Eva Mozes Kor, 1934-2019, Founding Director
Principal Staff Members: 
Trent Andrews, Operations Director
Gwen Montgomery, Visitor Experience Coordinator

Year Established: 1985
Staff: Salaried - 7; Volunteer - 15

Type of Organization or Mission: CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center shines a light on the story of the Holocaust and Eva Kor to illuminate the world with hope, healing, respect, and responsibility.

Services: Museum tours; Annual tour of Auschwitz for students, teachers and community members; Curricular materials; Programming on genocide, human rights, forgiveness and reconciliation, medical ethics, diversity and inclusion; Film and speaker series; Archival collection

Publications: Surviving the Angel of Death: The True Story of a Mengele Twin in Auschwitz; Echoes from Auschwitz; Forgiving Dr. Mengele (DVD); Eva A-7063 documentary

Address: 9603 Woods Drive
Skokie, IL 60077
Phone: 847-967-4800
Fax: 847-967-4801
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Website: https://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/

Director/Person-in-Charge: Bernard Cherkasov, Chief Executive Officer
Principal Staff Members:
Angelo Barone, Senior Vice President of Finance & Operations
Kelley Szany, Senior Vice President of Education & Exhibitions
Arielle Weininger, Chief Curator of Collections & Exhibitions
Ken Cooper. Senior Vice President of Development

Year Established: 1981
Staff: Salaried - 43; Volunteer - 355

Days and Hours Open to the Public: https://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/visit/plan-your-visit/

Type of Organization or Mission: The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education center is dedicated to preserving the legacy of the Holocaust by honoring the memories of those who were lost and by teaching universal lessons that combat hatred, prejudice and indifference. The museum fulfills its mission through the exhibition, preservation and interpretation of its collections and through education. programs and initiatives that foster the promotion of human rights and the elimination of genocide.

Services: Karkomi Permanent Exhibition; Miller Family Youth Exhibition; Legacy of Absence Gallery; Brill Family Resource Center; Donald and Sue Pritzker Voices of Conscience lecture series; JFR Center of Excellence; Echoes and Reflections National Training Center; Speakers' bureau; Video testimony project on survivors and liberators; Docent led tours; group tours; Online teacher resources; Educational outreach programs; Literature-based teaching trunks and curricula; Ferro Fountain of the Righteous; Survivor services, writing workshops; Community outreach and public programs, commemorations; Professional development for educators workshops; Law enforcement training; Literature based teaching trunks and curricula; Student arts and writing contest; Scholarship opportunities for teachers; Family programs for young families; Opportunity scholarships for field trips and buses; Circle of Life-Bar/Bat Mitzvah twinning program with a Holocaust victim; Legacy Museum Shop.

Address: 619 Emerson St.
Evanston, IL 60208
Phone: 847-467-4408
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Website: https://hef.northwestern.edu/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/HEFofNU 

Director/Person-in-Charge: Sarah M. Cushman, Ph.D
Principal Staff Members:
Alexandra Israel, Assistant Director

Year Established: 1976
Staff: Salaried - 2; Volunteers - 1-2

Type of Organization or Mission: The Holocaust Educational Foundation is dedicated to the support of teaching and research about the Holocaust at institutions of higher education throughout the world.

Services: Teaching and research grants; Summer institute on the Holocaust and Jewish civilization; Biennial Lessons & Legacies Conference (even years)

Publications: Lessons and Legacies, Volumes I-XII