Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Purdue University

Address: Purdue University
Rifkin Campus at 5200
5200 Old Mill Road
Fort Wayne, IN 46807
Phone: 260-739-7249
Fax: 260-481-6183
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Website: https://www.pfw.edu/ihgs
Facebook: @ihgsindiana

Director/Person-in-Charge: Steven Alan Carr, Ph.D., Director
Principal Staff Members: 
Laney Blevins, Graduate Research Assistant and Outreach Coordinator, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Year Established: 2009

Type of Organization: We are the only academic center in Indiana exclusively devoted to the study of the Holocaust and other genocides.

Mission: The Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (IHGS) promotes public awareness of the Holocaust and other genocides worldwide; encourages and supports scholarship, research, and teaching at Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW) about the Holocaust and genocide; and promotes public participation in efforts both to confront contemporary genocide as it occurs and to engage in global genocide prevention efforts. 

Address: 4905 Fifth Ave #223                                     
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: 412-915-9182
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Website: https://cwbpgh.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/classroomswithoutborders/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CWBPgh
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/classroomswithoutborders/ 

Director/Person-in-Charge: Dr. Zipora (Tsipy) Gur, Founder & Executive Director

Principal Staff Members: 
Kate Lukaszewicz, Education Programs Director
Jackie Goldblum, Seminars Manager
Ellen Resnek, Educational Programs & Outreach Manager
Erica Fox Zabusky, Operations Manager

Year Established: 2011
Staff: Salaried: 5 / Volunteer: 10+

Type of Organization: Education nonprofit

Mission: Classrooms Without Borders opens minds and hearts through learning experiences that transform education and empower educators and students. CWB strives to: inspire educators and students by promoting universal human values of diversity, altruism, forgiveness, courage, respect and faith in humanity through programs and services; understand the roots of antisemitism and their contemporary manifestations to expose the dangers of hatred and intolerance to a healthy and functioning society; and strengthen Holocaust and Israel education by connecting teachers and scholars through experiential professional development travel seminars

Services: Travel study seminars, in-school programming, virtual programs, community programs, curriculum resources and support. 

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

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.

Address: 4950 Murphy Canyon Rd
San Diego, CA 92130
Phone: 619-708-6883
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Website: https://thebutterflyprojectnow.org/
Facebook: @thebutterflyprojectnow
Twitter: @TBPNOWYEAR

Director/Person-in-Charge: Cheryl Rattner Price, Executive Director/Co-Founder
Principal Staff Members: 
Margaux Dinerman, Director of Development
Christine Tomasello,  Director of Operations
Beth Licha, Program Manager

Year Established: 2006
Staff: 6 Board members; Volunteers - 35+

Type of Organization: We are national and international Holocaust education organization working with educators, museums, community centers, religious centers universities and libraries. 

Mission: The Butterfly Project is a call to action through education, the arts and memorial making. It uses the lessons of the Holocaust to educate about the dangers of hatred and bigotry and cultivates empathy and social responsibility. Participants paint ceramic butterflies that are permanently displayed as symbols of resilience and hope, with the goal of creating 1.5 million butterflies around the world—one for each child who perished in the Holocaust, and honoring the survivors.

Services: In class presentations; memorial making, NOT The Last Butterfly documentary film to launch public and school programming; teacher training; 2^nd 3^rd & 4^th Gen Speaker’s Bureau & workshops. 

Year Established: 1986              
Staff & Volunteers: 1 staff; 20 board members

Mission: The mission of the Holocaust and Genocide Education Network (HGEN) is to advance and improve Holocaust and genocide education in Ohio through professional development, educator workshops, and the dissemination of tools that connect educators and the public with accurate, relevant, and useful educational resources.

Services: HGEN provides workshops for educators in Ohio; provides a speaker’s bureau of experts in various areas of Holocaust and Genocide education; and advocates for state legislation and state or national curriculum to support the Holocaust and genocide education.

Address: 1301 K St. NW, 3^rd 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: 20 Crown Steel Dr., Unit 6
Markham, ON L3R 9X9
Canada
Phone: 905-415-3917, Ext. 301
Fax: 905-415-0071
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Website: https://www.liberation75.org/

Founder: Marilyn Sinclair

Year established: 2017

Type of Organization/Mission: Liberation75 is the world’s largest global event dedicated to commemorating and celebrating the 75^th anniversary of liberation from the Holocaust. Postponed until 2021 due to COVID-19, Liberation75 will focus on remembering the victims, honouring the survivors, showcasing the future of Holocaust education, reflecting on antisemitism in the world, celebrating the role of the liberators, encouraging collaboration and committing to keeping the Holocaust relevant for future generations.  

Address: 15 West 16^th Street
New York NY 10011
Phone: 212-246-6080
Fax: 212-294-6125
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Website: https://www.yivo.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YIVOInstitute
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/YIVOInstitute
YIVO Bruce and Francesca Cernia Slovin Online Museum: https://museum.yivo.org/

Director/Person-in-Charge: Jonathan Brent Executive Director & CEO
Principal Staff Members: 
Melissa Cohen, Chief Development Officer
Shelly Freeman,Chief of Staff
Robert Wagman, Chief Financial Officer
Stefanie Halpern, Director of Archives

Year Established:1925
Staff: Salaried - 35; Volunteer - 20

Type of Organization: 501(c)(3)

Mission: To preserve, study, share and perpetuate knowledge of the history and culture of East European Jewry worldwide.

Services: YIVO is a research institute, an institution of higher learning, an adult education organization, a cultural organization, and a world-renowned library and archive. The Institute is dedicated to the preservation and study of the history and culture of East European Jewry worldwide. For nearly a century, YIVO has pioneered new forms of Jewish scholarship, research, education, and cultural expression. The YIVO Archives contains more than 23 million original items and YIVO’s Library has over 400,000 volumes—the single largest resource for such study in the world.

Selected Publications: 
Yivo Periodicals:
Yedies fun yidishn visnshaftlekhn institut (Warsaw, Vilna, and New York: 1925-2013).
YIVO Annual of Jewish Social Science (later YIVO Annual) (New York: 1946-1996).
Yivo bleter (Vilna and New York: 1931-2003).

Philological Publications:
Filologishe shriftn (Vilna: 1926-1929).
Yidishe shprakh (New York, 1941- present).

Yivo Publications: 
Hundert, Gershon, ed. The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. New Haven: YIVO and Yale University Press, 2008.

Holocaust Publications: 
Mendelsohn, Shloyme. Der vidershtand in varshaver geto. New York: YIVO, 1944. Trunk, Isaiah. Lodzher geto. New York: YIVO, 1961.
Weinreich, Max. Hitler’s Professors. New York: YIVO, 1946.
YIVO-Yad Vashem Bibliographical Series. 15 vols. New York and Jerusalem: YIVO and Yad Vashem, 1960-1978.

Address: Chadstone Shopping Centre, Level 9, Office Tower One
1341 Dandenong Road, Chadstone Vic 3148
PO Box 204
Chadstone Vic 3148
Australia
Phone: +61 3 8564 1288
Mobile: + 61 0 458 344 689
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Website: https://gandelfoundation.org.au/

Director/Person in Charge: John Gandel AC, Chairman and Co-founder
Principal Staff Members:
Vedran Drakulic OAM, CEO
Nicole Brittain, Grant Manager, Jewish and Israel programs

Year Established: 1978

Type of Organisation or Mission: A private family foundation which supports a broad range of social and community organisations, including a specific and significant focus on Holocaust remembrance and education throughout Australia. Gandel Foundation provides grants, in-kind support and other assistance to organisations to develop and deliver Holocaust education and remembrance programs in schools and in the general community. Gandel Foundation also runs an award-winning national program called the Gandel Holocaust Studies Program for Australian Educators, a year-long professional development program for Australian secondary school teachers who learn how to properly and effectively teach about the Holocaust, culminating in an 18-day immersive training at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem. 

Services: Teacher training (through the Gandel Holocaust Studies Program), and also through joint funding with the State of Victoria government for training of teachers in Victorian public schools; Holocaust education programs; Holocaust exhibitions such as the Anne Frank Travelling Exhibition and the Courage to Care exhibition; support for Holocaust museums and centres such as the establishment of the Adelaide Holocaust Museum and Steiner Education Centre; grants and funding for organisations that deliver Holocaust education; grants and funding for Holocaust remembrance programs; convening and knowledge sharing initiatives; public research related to Holocaust knowledge and awareness in Australia; advocacy initiatives such as lobbying State governments in Australia to introduce mandatory Holocaust education in public schools (implemented in the State of Victoria); and awareness and recognition of Holocaust education programs and activities such as the Gandel Award for Excellence in Holocaust Education.