Memberships
Address: 300 N. Houston Street
Dallas, TX 75202
Phone: 214-741-7500
Fax: 214-747-2270
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Website: https://www.dhhrm.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dhhrm/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/dhhrm_org
Director/Person-in-Charge: Mary Pat Higgins, President/CEO
Principal Staff Members:
Sara Abosch-Jacobson, Ph.D., Chief Education, Programs & Exhibitions Officer
Kerri Lai, Chief Advancement and External Affairs Officer
Kelly Rosales, Chief Financial Officer
Year Established: 1984
Staff: Salaried - 30; Volunteer - 200
Days and Hours Open to the Public: https://www.dhhrm.org/visit/general-admission/
Type of Organization or Mission: Educational Resource Center; Museum; Memorial
Services: Permanent Exhibition; Special Exhibitions; Bilingual Mobile App; Student Group Tours; Adult Group Tours; Docents; Museum Store; Public Lectures and Programs; Speaker Series; Panel Discussions; Film Series; Educator Training Workshops; Yom HaShoah Commemoration; Adult Education and Professional Development Programs; Survivor Speakers; Video Library; Research Library
Address: 305 Sugar Camp Circle
Dayton, OH 45409
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Website: http://daytonholocaust.org/
Director/Person-in-Charge: Elizabeth Styers, Director
Principal Staff Members:
Beth Anderson, Librarian: 937-775-3144
Year Established: 1993
Staff: Volunteer - 20
Type of Organization or Mission: Educational and academic resource center
Services: Annual writing and Max May Memorial Holocaust art contests; Exhibit at The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force; Lending library at Wright State University; Educational outreach program; Web site with research links; Curriculum assistance; Resources for teachers; Speakers' bureau; Teacher training seminars
Publications: Faces of the Holocaust - a 15-part videotape series of interviews with local survivors, liberators and rescuers, available on Utube and Teacher Tube.
Address: 5506 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 24
Washington, DC 20015
Phone: 202-244-0220
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Website: https://www.defiantrequiem.org/
Director/Person-In-Charge: Louisa Hollman, Executive Director
Principal Staff Members:
Louisa Hollman, Executive Director
Murry Sidlin, Creative Director
Mark Rullison, General Manager
Year Established: 2008
Staff: Salaried - 6
Type of Organization: Non-profit (501c3) educational and performance organization
Mission: The Defiant Requiem Foundation is dedicated to preserving the memory of the prisoners in Terezín during World War II, who, despite monumental suffering, disease, and the constant presence of death, found hope and inspiration in the arts and humanities. The Foundation will achieve its mission by: 1) Presenting live performances of Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín and Hours of Freedom: The Story of the Terezín Composer; 2) Distributing the award-winning documentary film Defiant Requiem to the broadest possible audience; 3) Perpetuating The Rafael Schächter Institute for the Arts and Humanities at Terezín in both the Czech Republic and the United States; 4) Nurturing opportunities for Holocaust education centered on Terezín, including the Defiant Requiem film curriculum guide and the University Residency Project; and 5) Creating new initiatives and artistic programs to honor the creativity and courage of the Terezín prisoners and expand overall awareness of Terezín.
Address: 605 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10158
Phone: 347-949-2278
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Website: http://www.echoesandreflections.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/echoesandreflections
Twitter: @EchoesReflect
Instagram: @echoesreflection
Director/Person-in-Charge: Jennifer Goss, Project Director
Year Established: 2005
Type of Organization or Mission: A partnership program of the ADL, USC Shoah Foundation and Yad Vashem, dedicated to providing U.S. educators with the knowledge, capacity, and practice to responsibly and effectively teach the Holocaust
Services: A professional development program for secondary educators, offering classroom lessons, primary sources & visual history testimony from survivors and witnesses to help teach the Holocaust.
Address: 1301 K St. NW, 3rd Floor
c/o Mindspace
Washington, DC 20005
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Website: https://eihr.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eihumanrights
Twitter: @eihumanrights
Instagram: @eihumanrights
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@eihr
Director/Person-in-Charge: Kate W. English, Executive Director
Principal Staff Members:
Kim Klett, Deputy Executive Director
Dr. Carrie Olson, Curriculum Director
Year Established: 2011
Staff: Salaried - 3; Part-time - 1; Contracted - 8
Type of Organization or Mission: EIHR cultivates partnerships among educators globally to create materials and deliver training based on best practices in Holocaust education. Together we deliver content and strategies for teaching mass atrocities history, genocide prevention, and sustainable peace.
Services: International and US workshops, conferences, teacher training, consultation, and collaboration on educational content relating to the Holocaust and global atrocities.
Address: 715 N. Oregon
El Paso, TX 79902
Phone: 915-351-0048
Fax: 915-351-0908
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Website: https://elpasoholocaustmuseum.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EPHM84
Director/Persons-in-Charge: Jamie Flores, Executive Director; Mika Cohen Jones, Board President
Principal Staff Members:
Paulino Lopez, Fund Development Coordinator
Cynthia Serafin, Volunteer and Visitor Services Coordinator
Year Established: 1985
Staff: Salaried - 3; Volunteer - 30
Type of Organization or Mission: Museum and Study Center
Services: Traveling exhibits; Docent and teacher training; Lectures; Yom Ha Shoah commemorations; Speakers' bureau; Interfaith activities; Group tours; Oral histories; Curriculum development; Education trunks for middle and high schools
Address: 500 W. 185th Street
New York, NY 10033
Phone: 646-592-6825
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Website: https://www.yu.edu/fish-center
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FishcenterYU
Director/Person-in-Charge: Dr. Shay Pilnik, Director
Principal Staff Members:
Hodaya Blau, Program Coordinator
Year Established: 2019
Staff: Salaried - 2; Faculty - 6
Type of Organization: University Holocaust Studies Program
Services: Through courses, lectures, conferences, research, and more, the Center is dedicated to the study of the Shoah (Holocaust) from a perspective steeped in the history, culture, religion, and spiritual life of the Jewish civilization annihilated by the Nazis and their collaborators. Professorial chairs in Holocaust studies; Lectures and public lectures by faculty; MA in Holocaust studies; Holocaust lecture series by renowned scholars; In person programming in Holocaust education
Address: 76 University Dr.
Hazleton PA, 18202
Phone: 570-450-3103
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Website: https://psu.pb.unizin.org/holocaust3rs/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michael.polgar.phd
Director/Person-in-Charge: Michael Polgar, Ph.D., This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Principal Staff Members:
Suki John, Ph.D., Project co-editor: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Wade Schumaker, Instructional Production Specialist: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Year Established: 2020
Staff: Volunteers - 50
Type of Organization: University-based non-profit
Mission: Our mission is to create, distribute, and update a no-cost Open Educational Research (OER) for students in secondary and higher education. Our textbook is ‘The Holocaust: Remembrance, Respect, Resilience.’ We are an interdisciplinary professional collaboration, centered at Penn State University (US), dedicated to Holocaust Education through all disciplines, including social sciences and the arts.
Publications: https://psu.pb.unizin.org/holocaust3rs/
Services: No-cost online textbook for students in high school and college
Address: 1301 Springdale Road
Cherry Hill, NJ 08003
Phone: 856-751-9500, x1249
Fax: 856-751-1697
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Website: https://www.jcrcsnj.org/goodwin
Director/Person-in-Charge: Helen Kirschbaum, Education Program Director
Year Established: 1997
Staff: Salaried - 1; Volunteer - 40
Type of Organization or Mission: Holocaust museum and education center
Services: Commemorations; Speakers bureau; Media center; Generation After the Shoah group; Teacher training; Library; Video Conferences
Publications: Young Person's Introduction to the Holocaust (in English, Spanish, French and Russian - grades 7-12) The Story of Rudy (English and Spanish - grades 6-9) The Holocaust, Nazi Era and American Political Principles (High school and community college) The Holocaust and Genocide: The Betrayal of Humanity - Traveling exhibit
Address: 205 Northland Ridge Trail
Atlanta, GA 30342
Phone: 404-643-5996
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Website: https://eternallifehemshech.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eternallifehemshech
Director/Person-in-Charge: Karen Lansky Edlin, President
Mission: Eternal Life-Hemshech, Inc. was formed on September 3, 1964 by Holocaust survivors who settled in the metropolitan Atlanta area. Their primary goal was to build a monument that would memorialize their six million brethren who were murdered by the Nazis during World War II. Donations to Hemshech continue to support the maintenance of this memorial and the annual Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) observance for the Atlanta community.
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Address: Box 1136
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-7136
Phone: 610-527-3131
Fax: 610-527-9334
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Website: http://thelastalbum.org/content/
Director/Person-in-Charge: Ann Weiss, Director
Year Established: 1988
Staff: Salaried - 1 part-time consultant
Type of Organization or Mission: Education and research organization
Services: Exhibits - Traveling Photographic Exhibition (large and condensed versions available); Lectures; Community and Classroom Seminars; Film screening and accompanying presentation; Commemorations, including Yom Hashoah; Internet research on specific photos and stories; Teacher Training; Student Workshops; Stereotype Reduction Seminars; University and General Adult Presentations; Educational consultation
Publications: The Last Album: Eyes from the Ashes of Auschwitz-Birkenau (JPS 2006); Traveling Photographic Exhibition: Eyes From the Ashes - 135 photos, narrative text panels, video, speech & docent training; Eyes From the Ashes: Archival Photos from Auschwitz - video (15 min.) (order direct); Specialized educational packet, guides and curriculum material developed; Educators and students guide in development; Web Photo catalogue in development
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: 125 Schelter Road #192
Lincolnshire, IL 60069
Phone: 847-775 4675
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Website: https://spungenfoundation.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FlorenceandLaurenceSpungenFamilyFoundation
Director/Person-in-Charge: Danny Spungen, Trustee
Type of Organization or Mission: Private foundation to educate the public on the history of the Holocaust and create awareness about genocide prevention today.
Services: Exhibits for schools, universities, community groups
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Website: https://www.fldoe.org/holocausteducation/
Year Established: 1996
Type of Organization or Mission: A legislatively mandated commission to assist school district professionals and support staff in preparation for the teaching Required Instruction of the Holocaust.
