Holocaust Theater International Initiative of the National Jewish Theater Foundation

Address: NJTF Holocaust Theater International Initiative at University of Miami Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies
2127 Brickell Avenue, Suite 3001
Miami, Florida 33129
Phone: 305-903-0298
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Website: https://www.njtfoundation.org/; http://htc.miami.edu/

Director/Person-in-Charge: Arnold Mittelman, President and Founding Director

Year Established: 2007
Type of Organization or Mission: Holocaust Theater Foundation

Services: Holocaust research, production and education utilizing theater as a tool for remembrance, awareness and curriculum development. Holocaust theater catalog; digital catalog in the form of a website containing plays from 1933 to the present that has user specific information. Created for scholars, educators, students, theater artists and the general public the expanding catalog has over 900 titles that are housed at the University of Miami Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Jewish Studies; Holocaust theater education; development of theatrically related curricula, study guides and exercises for all educational levels to enhance the use of Holocaust-related theater and theatrical techniques in Holocaust education; Holocaust theater production; promotion and facilitation of new domestic and international live theater productions, as well as the development of new theater works to be recorded for digital access. Remembrance Play Readings promotes international readings of plays drawn from Holocaust Theater Catalog commemorating the Holocaust.

Address: African, African American, Latino, Holocaust and Gender Studies Department
3388 Forest Hill Blvd., Suite A-204
West Palm Beach, FL 33046
Phone & Fax: 561-434-8000
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Website: https://www.palmbeachschools.org/holocausteducation

Director/Person-in-Charge: Maureen Marullo Carter
Principal Staff Members: Kimberly Coombs, Administrator, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Year Established: Holocaust Studies Department established in 1998

Services: Provide kindergarten to 12th grade Holocaust, human rights and character education to the 175,000 students and staff of the School District of Palm Beach County, in partnership with Florida Atlantic University, Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education; Speakers' bureau; Staff development; Commemorations; Exhibits; Generation to Generation program and curriculum development

Publications: District Curriculum K-12; Self Study Guide to the USHMM

Address: 5202 University Drive, Suite 310G
Merrick Building, 310G
P.O. Box 248605
Coral Gables, FL 33124
Phone: 305-868-5127 
Fax: 305-532-2009
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Website: https://www.edu.miami.edu/our-work/institutes/holocaust-teacher-institute/index.html

Director/Person-in-Charge: Dr. Isaac Prilleltensky, Dean; Dr. Miriam Klein Kassenoff, Director
Principal Staff Members:
Alissa Pardo Stein, Consultant to the Institute on Holocaust Related Projects

Year Established: 2001
Staff: Salaried - 5; Volunteer - 15

Type of Organization or Mission: University of Miami accredited teacher training center for South Florida; liaison with: Florida Holocaust commission Task Force, Miami-Dade County public schools, Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies

Services: In-service teaching workshops for classroom teachers and pre-service teachers; Lecture/film series; Community outreach; Teacher training institutes (college accredited)

Address: 6110 Blue Stone Road
Atlanta, GA 30328
Phone: 770-206-1556 
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Website: https://holocaust.georgia.gov/
Facebook: @hologeorgiagov
Twitter: @holocaustga.gov

Director/Person-in-Charge: Chuck Berk, Commission Chair; Sally Levine, Executive Director
Principal Staff Members:
Patrice Weaver, Education Programs Manager
Sandra Craine, Education Coordinator
Fran Putney, Communications Manager              

Year Established: 1986 by Executive Order, 1998 the Commission became a permanent state agency by an Act by the Georgia General Assembly (HB1664)
Staff: Salaried - 3; Volunteer - 15

Type of Organization: State Commission and Education and Resource Center

Mission: The Georgia Commission on the Holocaust provides resources and programming to assist our audiences in examining the causes, events, and consequences of the Holocaust. We learn that what we say and do, matters. We explore the consequences of silence, indifference and inaction, then and now.

Services: Curriculum resources; Exhibitions: Anne Frank in the World: 1929-1945, William Alexander Scott III in Buchenwald; Group Tours; Oral History Project; Speakers Bureau; State Holocaust Commemorations; Student Community Service Awards; Teacher Training Workshops; Traveling Exhibitions; and Volunteer and Staff Training

Address: Kennesaw State University
3333 Busbee Drive, MD 3308
Kennesaw, GA 30144
Phone: 470-578-2083
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Website: https://historymuseum.kennesaw.edu/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MHHEKSU
Twitter:https://twitter.com/KSUMMHE

Director/Person-in-Charge: Dr. Catherine Lewis, Executive Director
Principal Staff Members:
Andrea Miskewicz, Education Manager
Adina Langer, Curator

Year Established: 2003
Staff: Salaried - 14; Volunteer - 12

Type of Organization or Mission: The Museum of History & Holocaust Education at Kennesaw; State University presents public programs and exhibitions focused on World War II and the Holocaust in an effort to; promote education about the past and its significance today.

Services: Onsite exhibits and tours; Traveling exhibits; Travel trunks; Lectures, Films, Professional Development for Teachers; Curricula K-12; In-school programs; Docent programs

Media: Online exhibits; Virtual tours; Online curricula and education packets; Oral history archives

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

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

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: 
Principal Staff Members:
Eric Schwager, Vice President of Finance and Operations
Ken Cooper, Vice President of Development
Mary Gold, Vice President of Marketing and Business Devlopment

Education:
Kelley H. Szany, Vice President ofˇEducation and Exhibitions
Eve Samson, Associate Director of Public and Private Grants
Jessica Lindholm, Assistant Director of Development
Arielle Weininger, Chief Curator of Collections and Exhibitions
Laura Beth Wolfe, Operations and Special Events Manager

Year Established: 1981
Staff: Salaried - 31; Volunteer - 355

Days and Hours Open to the Public: https://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/winter-break-ticketing/

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: 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: 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