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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: 4950 Murphy Canyon Rd
San Diego, CA 92130
Phone: 619-708-6883
Email: cheryl@thebutterflyprojectnow.org
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. 

Address: 303 N. Federal Highway
Dania Beach, FL 33004
Phone: 954-929-5690
Fax: 954-929-5635
Email: info@hdec.org
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: Nancy Thompson Library, Room 206
1000 Morris Avenue
Union, NJ 07083
Phone: 908-737-4660
Fax: 908-737-4644
Email: hrc@kean.edu  
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: 4905 Fifth Ave #223                                     
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: 412-915-9182
Email: tgur@classroomswithoutborders.org                                                    
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: Purdue University
Rifkin Campus at 5200
5200 Old Mill Road
Fort Wayne, IN 46807
Phone: 260-739-7249
Fax: 260-481-6183
Email: ihgs@pfw.edu
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, blevlk01@pfw.edu

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: 184 S. Livington Ave. Suite 9#349
Livingston, NC 07039
Email: info@mshefoundation.org
Website: https://www.mshefoundation.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mshefoundation
Year established: 2019

Type of Organization: Supporting Holocaust Education

Mission: To expand and support Holocaust education for students in schools around the county and to provide funds necessary for educators to implement curriculum into their lesson plans.

Services: Offer grants to eductors to implement curriculum and books into lesson plans, support educational trips to museums and aid in bringing speakers to schools about the Holocaust. Resources available.

Address: 908 N Alma School Rd 
Chandler, AZ 85224
Phone: 480-897-0588
Email: mbeyo@evjcc.org
Website: https://www.evjcc.org/holocaust-education/

Director/Person-in-Charge: Rabbi Michael Beyo                                                             

Year Established: 1971
Staff: Salaried - 40; Volunteer - 50

Type of Organization: 501(c)3

Mission or Function: The mission of the EVJCC is to be a center for social, cultural and educational activities to engage families and individuals through Jewish values throughout their lifetime. The Center for Holocaust Education and Human Dignity thrives as a dynamic, interactive, and engaging program division within the EVJCC – continuing to teach this generation and future generations the importance of acceptance and peace. Programs include presentations,  guest speakers, exhibits, an annual Yom Hashoah program and Generations After, a program for children and grand-children of survivors. 

Address: 5506 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 24
Washington, DC 20015
Phone: 202-244-0220
Email: azapruder@defiantrequiem.org
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: PO Box 846                                     
Oswego, NY 13126                         
Phone: 315-342-3003
Email: safehavenmuseum@gmail.com
Website: https://www.safehavenmuseum.com/

Director/Person-in-Charge: Kevin Hill, Board President
Principal Staff Members:
Paloma Sarkar, Treasurer

Year Established: 1989        
Staff: Salaried-  1; Volunteer- 30

Mission: The Safe Haven Holocaust Refugee Shelter Museum is dedicated to keeping alive the stories of the 982 refugees from World War II who were allowed into the United States as “guests” of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. These refugees were housed at Fort Ontario in Oswego, NY from August, 1944 until February, 1946.

Services: Touring exhibits; group tours; refugee database; photo archives; teacher programs; education programs; and school visits