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

Address: Winston House 2 Dollis Park 
Finchley Central London
N3 1HF United Kingdom 
Phone: +44 20 8385 3070 
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Website: https://ajr.org.uk/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AssociationofJewishRefugees
Twitter: @AJR_London

Director/Person-in-Charge: Michael Newman, Chief Executive; David Kaye; Karen Markham 
Principal Staff Members:
Sue Kurlander, Head of Social Services
Carol Hart, Head of Volunteers

Year Established: 1941
Staff: Salaried - 50; Volunteer - 200 (nationwide)

Type of Organization or Mission: The Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR) provides an extensive range of social and welfare services, and grants financial assistance to Jewish victims of Nazi persecution living in Great Britain.

Services: Outreach Programme: over 40 regional groups throughout the country; Kindertransport & Child Survivor Association special interest group; Central Office for Holocaust Claims: advice and assistance for Nazi victims and their heirs regarding era asset restitution and compensation for persecution, including dormant bank accounts and unpaid insurance policies; Refugee Voices: The AJR Audio-Visual Testimony Archive 

Publications: AJR Journal (monthly); KT Newsletter (quarterly) 

Address: 13 Selwyn Street
Elsternwick, Victoria
Australia 3185 
Phone: +61 (3) 9528-1985
Fax: +61 (3) 9528-3758
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Website: https://mhm.org.au/

Director/Person-in-Charge: Co-Presidents Sue Hampel OAM & Mike Debinski OAM; CEO Dr Steven Cooke

Year Established: 1984
Staff: Salaried - 34; Volunteer -150
Days and Hours Open to the Public: https://mhm.org.au/planning-your-visit/

Type of Organization or Mission: Accredited Museum; Research Centre

Services: Education - a 2 hour in-house and outreach program for Levels 5 -8 & 9-12 as well as programs for university students and adult groups, corporate programs and professional development courses for teachers; Two permanent exhibitions, including an immersive experience for ages 10+; survivor immersive testimony VR experience; dedicated memorial room for the community; Collections Department housing over 12,000 artefacts and 1,300 survivor testimonies, research facilities and library open to the public and researchers; an array of commemorative and educational events throughout the calendar year.

Address: Sydney Jewish Museum
148 Darlinghurst Road
Darlinghurst NSW
Austrailia 2010
Phone: +61 2-360-7999
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Website: https://sydneyjewishmuseum.com.au/

Mission: The Sydney Jewish Museum was founded in 1992 by the generation of Holocaust survivors who made new lives in Sydney after the war. Within our walls, they created a place to share their memories, commemorate the six million Jewish people who were murdered and provide important messages to future generations. Today, it is a living museum where Jewish cultural life and heritage in Sydney are illuminated and preserved, where memories are honoured and history is researched. It’s a place that gives voice to the victims of the Holocaust, where survivors still visit to share their stories with people from all walks of life, so they can start conversations and inspire change within modern Australia.

Address: Pfeilgasse 8/15
1080 Vienna
Austria
Phone: +43 1 4090 971
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Website: https://www.centropa.org/en; https://www.centropa.org/hu

Director/Person-in-Charge: Edward Serotta, Director
Principal Staff Members:
Eszter Andor and Dora Sardi, Co-Directors of historical projects (based in Budapest)
Anka Grupinska, Director, Polish (based in Warsaw)
Ildiko Molnar, Director, Romanian Projects
Michael Miller, Historical Advisor (Central Europe University in Budapest)

Year Established: 2000

Type of Organization or Mission: The signature project is Witness to a Jewish Century. Approximately 1200 elderly Jews still living in Central and Eastern Europe are being interviewed (560 already completed.) The methodology is to get a 10-12 hour audio taped interview, which is then transcribed, edited and translated resulting in an autobiography for each individual. The project is also collecting thousands of family photographs with the respondents’ narratives about them. The result of the process will be books, films, exhibitions and educational materials telling the story of Jewish
life in Central and Eastern Europe in the 20th Century. 

Services: Holocaust and historical museums, archivists, historians and libraries are welcome to use the material (biographies in both English or original language, as well as photos) either directly from the website of by contacting the offices in Vienna or Budapest. Centro will also assist Holocaust organizations by sending teams to specific towns and cities to conduct interviews on their behalf.

Address: 22 St. Clair Avenue East, Suite 202
Toronto, Ontario M4T 2S3
Canada
Phone: 416-322-5928
Fax: 416-322-5930
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Website:https://azrielifoundation.org/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/AzrieliMemoirs 
Twitter: twitter.com/AzrieliMemoirs 

Director/Person-in-Charge: Naomi Azrieli, Chair and CEO
Principal Staff Members: 
Jody Spiegel, Director, Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program
Arielle Berger, Managing Editor

Year Established: The Azrilei Foundation 1989; Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program 2005
Staff: Salaried - 8

Type of Organization or Mission: The Holocaust Survivor Memoir Program was established by the Azrieli Foundation to collect, preserve and share the memoirs and diaries written by survivors of the twentieth-century Nazi genocide of the Jews of Europe who later made their way to Canada. The program is guided by the conviction that such stories play an important role in education about tolerance and diversity.

Services: Collecting, archiving, publishing and distributing memoirs and diaries; Teaching workshops

Publications: The Azrieli Series Holocaust Survivor Memoirs

Address: 4600 Bathurst St., Suite 220
Toronto, Ontario M2R 3V3
Canada
Phone: 416-398-6931
Fax: 416-636-9897
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Website: https://www.marchofthelivingcanada.org/; http://www.marchofremembranceandhope.org/

Director/Person-in-Charge: Eli Rubenstein
Principal Staff Members:
Michael Soberman
Sherri Ettedgui
Alana Saxe

Year Established: 1988 and 2001
Staff: Salaried - 4; Volunteer  3

Type of Organization or Mission:
March of the Living: National organization dedicated to teaching Canadian Jewish youth the Jewish and universal lessons of the Holocaust through a trip to Poland and Israel with Holocaust survivors. Other goals relate to preservation of Holocaust survivor testimony, strengthening of Jewish identity, heightening connection to Israel, learning about other genocides, combatting racism, antisemitism and Holocaust denial.

March of Remembrance and Hope: National organization dedicated to teaching Canadian university students the universal lessons of the Holocaust and other genocides through a trip to Germany and Poland with Holocaust survivors.

Services: Overseas programs for survivors, students, adults and young adults; Videotaping of programs and survivor testimony on location; Publication of selected student impressions; Speaker’s bureau

Publications: For You Who Died I Must Live On; Education curricula; Reflections on the March of the Living; Voice of Hope

Media: Songs for the March of the Living (CD); Holocaust survivor testimonies; YouTube segments on various themes related to Holocaust survivors

Address: 5151 Cote Ste. Catherine Road
Montreal, Quebec, H3W 1M6
Canada
Phone: 514-345-2605
Fax: 514-344-2651
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Website: https://museeholocauste.ca/en/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Mus%C3A9e-de-lHolocauste-Montr%C3A9al-78382729139
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MuseeHolocauste
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/museeholocauste/

Director/Person-in-Charge: Daniel Amar, Executive Director

Year Established: 1979                  
Staff: Salaried - 12; Volunteer - 175

Days and Hours Open to the Public: https://museeholocauste.ca/en/general-information/

Type of Organization: Educational resource center and museum

Mission: The Montreal Holocaust Museum educates people of all ages and backgrounds about the Holocaust, while sensitising the public to the universal perils of antisemitism, racism, hate and indifference. Through its Museum, its commemorative programs and educational initiatives, the Montreal Holocaust Museum promotes respect for diversity and the sanctity of human life.

Services: Guided tours and survivor testimonies (on request); Collection of 13,146 artifacts and documents and 838 digitized video testimonies. Commemorative services and events. Speakers' bureau. Development of educational tools for use in schools or as pre- and post-museum visit activities on Holocaust history and Human rights issues, in English and French. Teacher training on Holocaust and human rights education. Public education events. Research and partnership with universities. Outreach and partnership with nonprofit organizations working on human rights issues. Virtual and travelling exhibitions.

Online Exhibits: Building New Lives: http://refairesavie.museeholocauste.ca/eng; United Against Genocide: Understand, Question, Prevent: http://genocide.mhmc.ca/en/; Holocaust Life Stories: http://holocaustlifestories.ca/

Address: 4588 Bathurst St.
Toronto, Ontario, M2R 1W6
Canada
Phone: 416-631-5689
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Website: https://torontoholocaustmuseum.org/

Director/Persons-in-Charge:
Dara Solomon, Executive Director 
Toby Abramsky, Chair

Principal Staff Members:
Rachel Libman, Chief Curator
Michelle Fishman, Director of Marketing and Communications
Carrie Swartz, Director of Museum Experience

Year Established: New museum opened in 2023; originally founded in 1985

Type of Organization or Mission: The Toronto Holocaust Museum inspires visitors to think deeply about the tragedies of the Holocaust and make connections between this history, world events, and contemporary Canadian life.

Services: Public programs; Exhibitions; Film lecture series; Survivor speakers; Holocaust Education Week; Commemorations; Teacher training and resources; Holocaust education courses; Museum tours; Survivor programs; and Interfaith dialogue.

Address: #50-950 West 41st Avenue
Vancouver, B.C. V5Z 2N7
Canada
Phone: 604-264-0499
Fax: 604-264-0497
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Website: https://www.vhec.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theVHEC/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/theVHEC

Director/Person-in-Charge: Nina Krieger, Executive Director
Principal Staff Members: 
Lise Kirchner, Director of Education
Caitlin Donaldson, Associate Director of Collections & Exhibitions
Chase Nelson, Archivist
Jill Pineau, Librarian
Hannah Marazzi, Director of Communications and Special Projects
Abby Wener Herlin, Associate Director of Programs
Talia Mastai, Associate Managing Director
Ellie Lawson, Education Coordinator 

Year Established: 1983 (Education Centre opened in 1994)
Staff: Salaried - 5; Volunteer - 75

Type of Organization or Mission:  Through education and remembrance, the VHEC engages students, educators and the broader public in British Columbia and beyond with the history of the Holocaust — the Shoah — and its ongoing relevance. The Centre stewards Western Canada’s largest collection of Holocaust-related artefacts, Holocaust testimonies and archival documents. It also holds a comprehensive library of books, films, educational resources, as well as rare books and special collections

Services: Thematic and online Exhibitions; Holocaust survivor speakers; Collections – including audio-visual testimony, library and archives; Educational programs and workshops; Curriculum development; Teachers’ conferences and resources; District high school symposia; Docent led tours; Publishing; Survivors’ services; Survivor, child survivor and second-generation groups; Community-wide commemorative events.

Publications: Newsletter Zachor, Teachers’ guides; Audio-visual testimonies; Monographs and memoirs