Memberships

Holocaust Awareness Institute of the Center for Judaic Studies - University of Denver

Center for Judaic Studies / University of Denver
Address: 2000 E. Asbury Ave.
Suite 157, Sturm Hall
University of Denver
Denver, CO 80208
Phone: 303-871-3013
Fax: 303-871-3037
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Website: https://liberalarts.du.edu/center-for-judaic-studies/hai

Director/Person-in-Charge: Dr. Adam Rovner

Year Established: 1983Staff: Salaried - 3

Type of Organization or Mission: Committed to remembering the past and transforming the present and future through education and action, the Holocaust Awareness Institute (HAI) promotes Holocaust awareness and education in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region. HAI offers multicultural explorations of the continuing significance of this history in today's world, working with the University of Denver, educators, the Jewish community, and with people of all faiths and cultures to understand the meaning of the Holocaust and its lessons for future generations.  

Services: Speakers' bureau; Educator workshops and resources; Public programs; Campus-related education and outreach; Multi-media lending library; Undergraduate/graduate courses

Publications: Survival & Witness website (survivalandwitness.org); Letters from Colorado Holocaust Survivors to Future Generations

Holocaust Center for Humanity

Address: 2045 Second Avenue 
Seattle, WA 98121
Phone: 206-582-3000 
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Website: https://www.holocaustcenterseattle.org/
Twitter: https://@HolocaustCtr

Director/Person-in-Charge: Dee Simon, Baral Family Chief Executive Officer
Principal Staff Members:
Ilana Cone Kennedy, Chief Operating Officer
Jessica Michels, Director of Development
Richard Greene, Museum and Technology Director
Paul Regelbrugge, Director of Education

Year Established: 1989
Staff: Salaried - 11; Volunteer - 40 
Days and Hours Open to the Public: https://www.holocaustcenterseattle.org/visit/plan-your-visit

Type of Organization or Mission: The Holocaust Center for Humanity teaches the lessons of the Holocaust, inspiring students of all ages to confront bigotry and indifference, promote human dignity and take action. The Center is a 501c3 nonprofit organization providing educational resources to students, teachers, and the community we serve.

Services: Commemorations; Curricula; Writing contests; Traveling exhibit; Library and archive; Speakers' bureau; Teacher seminars; Educational programs; Holocaust teaching trunks; Website and on-line teaching and learning center; Survivor, child survivor and second generation groups

Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh

Address: 0 Woodland Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
Phone: 412-421-1500
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Website: https://hcofpgh.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HCofPgh/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hcofpgh/

Director/Person-in-Charge: Emily Loeb, Director of Programs & Education
Principal Staff Members:
Cristina Sahovey, Operations Manager Coordinator
Noah Schoen, Community Outreach Associate
Julia Gaetano, Marketing and Education Associate
Marcel Walker, CHUTZ-POW! Coordinator

Year Established: 1980
Staff: Salaried - 5; Volunteer - 20

Type of Organization or Mission: The Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh connects the horrors of the Holocaust and antisemitism with injustices of today. Through education, the Holocaust Center seeks to address these injustices and empower individuals to build a more civil and humane society.

Services: Public exhibit "Revolving Doors," engaging cultural events, internationally renowned speakers, free and affordable resources for teachers and students, events and productions, Holocaust survivors and Generations Speakers Series, education outreach and curriculum implementation for schools and school districts, Waldman International Arts and Writing competition - open to middle and high school students, Holocaust Educator of the Year award, Commemorative programs, LIGHT Education Initiative, and library and archive.

Publications: The Holocaust Testimony Project capsules of local survivor, liberator and Righteous Gentile stories; Flares of Memory: Stories of Childhood During the Holocaust (Oxford University Press); Mazel - an original play based on local survivors' stories; From Pittsburgh to Poland: Lessons of the Holocaust; The Gate is Open...You Can Go, CHUTZ-POW!: Superheroes of the Holocaust comic book series.

Holocaust Centre of New Zealand

Address: 80 Webb St
Te Aro, Wellington 6011
New Zealand
Phone: +64 4 801 9480
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Website: https://www.holocaustcentre.org.nz/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HCNZAotearoa
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HolocaustNZ

Director/Person-in-Charge: Deb Hart, Chair; Gillian Wess, CEO
Principal Staff Members:
Sarah Williams, Operations Manager
Kris Clancy, Education Director
Tom Rockman Arielly, Projects Manager

Staff: Salaried - 5; Volunteer - 40
Days and Hours Open to the Public: https://www.holocaustcentre.org.nz/general-information.html

Type of Organization: The Holocaust Centre of New Zealand is the country’s national Holocaust education and remembrance centre.

Mission: The Holocaust Centre of New Zealand inspires and empowers action against antisemitism, discrimination, and apathy, by remembering, educating, and bearing witness to the Holocaust.

Services: Educational programmes and resources; Commemorations; Research; Outreach and public programmes; Oral histories; Library; Artifacts collection, Teacher training; exhibitions; Holocaust teaching trunks; Annual national scholarship

Publications: Te Rātaka a Tētahi Kōhine (The Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank, translated into te reo Māori)

 

Holocaust Commission of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater

Address: 5000 Corporate Woods Drive, Suite 200
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Phone: 757-965-6100
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Website: https://holocaustcommission.jewishva.org/

Year Established: 1980
Staff: Salaried - 2; Volunteer - 25 +

Type of Organization or Mission: Educational and resource center

Services: Yom Hashoah commemoration; Annual Elie Wiesel writing and visual arts competitions; Excellence in Holocaust education award; Biennial educators' conference; Multi-media programs for students, military, and community groups; Lending library for educational materials and videos

Publications: Video: Surviving Hatred: Witness to the Holocaust (28 min.); To Life: Stories of Courage and Survival as told by Hampton Roads Holocaust Survivors, Liberators and Rescuers; Video Series: What We Carry - a film and artifact presentation on the lives of four Holocaust survivors

 

Holocaust Documentation & Education Center

Address: 303 N. Federal Highway
Dania Beach, FL 33004
Phone: 954-929-5690
Fax: 954-929-5635
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Website: https://hdec.org/

Director/Person-in-Charge: Rositta E. Kenigsberg, President
Principal Staff Members:
Karen Valecillos, Comptroller
Sarah Jehaludi, Assistant Educational Outreach Coordinator

Year Established: 1980
Staff: Volunteers – 350

Days and Hours Open to the Public: https://hdec.org/book-a-tour/

Type of Organization or Mission: The Holocaust Documentation & Education Center's mission is to document and present an enduring, historically accurate record of the Holocaust through eyewitness accounts by Survivors, Liberators, Rescuers, and others who survived terrifying experiences, overcame fear and grief, and triumphed to live meaningful, productive lives. To teach people from all walks of life the unique and universal lessons of the Holocaust through insightful programming, illuminating the catastrophic ramifications of prejudice, hatred, and bullying which still occur today.

Services: Anchor Artifact tours of our authenticated, identified Holocaust Railcar and U.S. M-4A3E8 Sherman Tank, Traveling Exhibitions, Docent-Led Tours, Meet the Author Series, Teacher Training, Educational Outreach, Speaker’s Bureau, Annual Visual Arts & Writing Contest, Annual “A Simple Act of Kindness Contest”, Film screenings, Lectures, Oral History Department continues to actively interview Survivors, Liberators and other eyewitnesses to the Holocaust. Largest self, produced, standardized collection of Holocaust eye witness testimony.

Holocaust Education and Genocide Prevention Foundation

Address: 1438 rue Fullum                      
Montreal, Quebec
H2K 3M1
Canada
Phone: 514-825-1632
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Website: https://preventinggenocide.org/

Director/Person-in-Charge: Naomi Kramer
Year Established: 1995

Type of Organization or Mission: HEGP is an organization mandated by the Canadian government to educate the public about the dangers of prejudice and discrimination.

Services: Annual Holocaust symposium, Vanier College, Montreal; Teacher training; Pedagogical programs; Resource center; Exhibitions

Publications: The Fallacy of Race and the Shoah, Naomi Kramer and Ronald Headland, University of Ottowa Press, 1998; So Others Will Remember, Ronald Headland, ed. Vehicule Press, 1999; Building History: The Shoah in Art, Memory and Myth, Peter Daly, Karl Fisler, Alain Goldschlager, Naomi Kramer ed., McGill European Studies Vol. 4, Peter Lang Publishing, Inc. 2001; Civil Courage: A Response to Contemporary Conflict and Prejudice, Naomi Kramer, ed., Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., 2007; and Visualizing Memory…a last detail, Video, Ergo Media Inc., 1995

Holocaust Education Foundation, Inc.

Address: P.O. Box 6153
Newport News, VA 23606-6153   
Phone: 757-930-2124
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Website: https://www.holocaust-trc.org

Director/Person-in-Charge: Dr. Mark Nataupsky, President
Principal Staff members: 
Shelly Portnoy, Vice President
Bill Muir, Vice President for Technology
Marilyn J. Nataupsky, Secretary

Year Established: 1995
Staff: Volunteer - 1

Type of Organization or Mission: Holocaust Teacher Resource Center (TRC) on the Internet

Services: Links to other Holocaust sites; Classroom materials; Lesson plans; Curricula; Essays; Book reviews; Annotated bibliographies and videographies; Listserver (moderated); Links to other Holocaust materials

Holocaust Education Initiative - Cypress College 

Address: Attn: Cypress College Foundation
9200 Valley View Street
Cypress, CA  90630
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Phone: 714-469-6764
Website: https://www.cypresscollege.edu/survivors-gallery/


Director/Person-in-Charge: Cliff Lester, Professor Emeritus, Chair Holocaust Education Initiative
Principal Volunteers:
Dr. Margie Lewis, Cypress College President Emeritus
Karen Lynn Cant, Cypress College Vice-President (retired)
Gail Taylor,  Executive Director, Foundation (retired)
Howard Kummerman, Foundation Executive Director

Years Established: Foundation: 1972; Initiative: 2017

Type of Organization: 501(c)3

Mission: Through the lens of the Holocaust, the Cypress College Holocaust Education Initiative educates our community about the dangers of intolerance, while empowering its citizens to stand against antisemitism, bigotry and hate by safeguarding the dignity of all people. 

Services: The Cypress College Holocaust Education Initiative provides professional development opportunities to middle school, high school, and community college teachers on incorporating the lessons of the Holocaust into their classroom curriculum. This training is supported by providing resources accessible to teachers and students to enhance lessons about the Holocaust and against intolerance of individuals and targeted groups. On site docent led tours are available on request. 

Publication: Bringing Light from Darkness: Teaching the Holocaust Through Survivor Portraits.

Holocaust Education Program - Miami Dade College

Address: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Miami Dade College-Homestead Campus
500 College Terrace
Homestead, FL 33030
Phone: 305-237-5267
Fax: 305-237-5066
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Website: www.mdc.edu/main/hgep 

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