Teach The Shoah

Address: 14655 FM 250
Marietta, TX 75566
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Website: https://www.TeachTheShoah.org
Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/TeachTheShoah  
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@teachtheshoah

Director/Person-in-Charge: Dr. Deborah Fripp, Executive Director

Principal Staff Members:
Lynne Feldman, Director of Holocaust Scholarship

Year Established: 2018

Type of Organization: 501(c)3

Mission: Teach the Shoah challenges ignorance and hate by telling testimony-based stories to build personal connections to the stories and lessons of the Holocaust among people of all generations and all backgrounds. Our vision is for everyone, of all ages and all backgrounds, and in all communities, to see the story of the Holocaust as a universal story with empowering lessons to be learned. Our goal is to give as many people as possible the chance to directly engage with the stories of the Holocaust, both as story-listeners and as storytellers.

Services: Training for family members of survivors to tell their family’s stories; Training for adults and teens to tell testimony-based stories of the Holocaust; Guide/docent training; Teacher training; Parent seminars; Educational programming, including story-infused lectures, discussions, and classes; Innovative Holocaust commemorations; Interfaith programming; Social justice workshops

Publications: Light from the Darkness: A Ritual for Holocaust Remembrance by Deborah Fripp & Violet Neff-Helms; Moment of Witness: A Guided Holocaust Remembrance by Deborah Fripp & Violet Neff-Helms

Address: PO Box 59252
Nashville, TN 37205
Phone: 615-527-8114
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Website: https://tnholcom.org/

Director/Person-in-Charge: Larry Leibowitz (Commission Chair)
Principal Staff Members:
Devora Fish, Director of Education
Alyssa Trachtman, Director of Operations

Year Established: 1984
Staff: Salaried - 2

Type of Organization: The mission of the Tennessee Holocaust Commission (THC) is to provide education and to promote remembrance of the Holocaust to the State of Tennessee. THC provides teachers, students and individuals with seminars, resources, workshops, traveling exhibits and commemorations to create awareness of the Holocaust, to fight prejudice and to encourage tolerance among all people.

Services: Teacher workshops; Belz-Lipman Teacher Award; Teacher Fellowship program; Resource library; Traveling exhibits; Commemorations; Annual educator outreach program

Publications: Living On: Portraits of Tennessee Holocaust Survivors and Liberators; The Holocaust and Other Genocides: History, Representation and Ethics

Address: Principova alej 304
411 55 Terezin
Czech Republic
Phone: +420-416-78225
Fax: +420 416 782 245
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Website: https://www.pamatnik-terezin.cz/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TerezinMemorial

Director/Person-in-Charge: Dr. Jan Roubinek

Year Established: 1947

Type of Organization or Mission: Memorial museum

Services: Guided tours; Permanent and temporary exhibits; Archives and library services; Educational activities; Research

Publications: Periodicals: annual report, newsletter, Terezin Pages

Address: PO Box 230206
Boston, MA 02123
Phone: 857-222-8262
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Website: www.terezinmusic.org 

Director/Person-in-Charge: Mark D. Ludwig, Executive Director
Principal Staff Members:
Lisa Pemstein, Public Relations Director
Debora Ramos, General Manager
Julie White, Treasurer
Kathleen Galscoigne, Volunteer Activities 

Year established: 1991
Staff: Salaried - 2; Volunteer - 12

Mission: Terezín Music Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to honoring the legacy of the Terezín artists with concert events, commissions, recordings, publications, master classes, and Holocaust education programs in the U.S. and Europe. 

Recordings: Chamber Music from Theresienstadt (Channel Classics CCS1691); Haas & Krása String Quartets (London DECCA); Erwin Schulhoff Concertos (London DECCA); Concert for Terezín (TMF label); Previn Plays Previn 2016 (TMF label); Viktor Kalabis: Music for Clarinet and Horn 2014 (TMF label); Silenced Voices: Victims of the Holocaust (Northeastern TMF)

Events and Services: Middle- and high-school Holocaust education programs; Do Not Forget Me multimedia concert program for schools, synagogues, and organizations; Will to Survive multimedia concert program for schools, synagogues, and organizations; Produces Yom HaShoah programs in US and Europe; Annual Prague Spring - Terezín Tour; Commissions music compositions as on-going memorial to victims of the Shoah; Ongoing collaboration with the Prague Spring International Festival; Annual Gala Concert, Symphony Hall, Boston

Documentaries: Terezín: Resistance and Revival; Entartete Musik: The Birth of a Project; Creating Harmony: The Displaced Persons' Orchestra from St. Ottilien; In The Shadow of the Reich: Nazi Medicine; Remembrance, Creativity, and Transformatiion (NET production)

Publications: Liberation: New Poems on Freedom from Internationally Renowned Poets (Beacon Press 2015); Finding a Voice: Musicians in Terezín (Curriculum Guide)

Address: P.O. Box 12276 
Austin, TX 78711-2276
Phone: 512-463-5108
Email: https://thgaac.texas.gov/about/contact
Website: https://thgaac.texas.gov/
Friends of the THGC: https://thgaac.texas.gov/volunteer/friends-of-the-thgaac

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/THGAAC/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thgaac/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thgaac

Director/Person-in-Charge: Kenneth Goldberg, Chair; Joy Nathan, Executive Director
Principal Staff Members:
Arielle Epstein, Regional Coordinator & Communications Specialist
Lauren Fryer, Regional Coordinator & Volunteer Specialist
Elizabeth Langford, Executive Assistant
J.E. Wolfson, PhD, THGAAC State Coordinator of Education
Cheyanne Perkins, Regional Coordinator & Grants Specialist

Year Established: 2021

Mission: The mission of the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission (THGAAC) is to combat and confront hatred, prejudice, and indifference by educating all Texans about the Holocaust and other genocides in an effort to dismantle antisemitism and prevent such future atrocities.

Services: Commissioners and staff members connect with thousands of Texans across the state each year by promoting Holocaust education, raising awareness about genocide, and educating Texans. They: Partner with community organizations and museums on programs, events, and outreach; Support schools with resources for Holocaust Remembrance Week and other curriculum needs; Provide opportunities for Texans to volunteer, host or speak at events, or become a Friend of the THGAAC; Support public officials to call out hate, fight for policies that combat antisemitism, and attend or speak at community events; and Provide grants to Texas nonprofits that offer services or programs related to or in support of THGAAC’s mission.

Address: 171 Madison Ave., Room 1405
New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212-239-2251
Fax: 212-594-6881
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Website: https://bluecardfund.org/

Director/Persons-in-Charge: Mark Bilski, Co-President; Mimi Lieber, Co-President; Gia Machlin, Chairman; Marsha Girshin, Executive Director

Year Established: 1939
Staff: Salaried - 2; Volunteer - 50

Type of Organization or Mission: The Blue Card, Inc. was founded in 1934 in Germany, by German Jews seeking to help other Jews flee the country's growing persecution. It was re-established in the United States in 1939. Its name comes from the blue cards issued to those given financial assistance.

Services: For many survivors, the losses they experienced decades ago are compounded by their current struggles to subsist on meager incomes; Emergency cash assistance - provides for survivors' most immediate needs by helping with the cost of dental care, medicine, rent, food and other essentials; Stipend programs - supports the most indigent survivors with monthly checks; Jewish holiday program - provides funds to allow survivors to celebrate the Jewish holidays with dignity and joy.

Address: Box 166
4740 N Cumberland Ave
Chicago, IL 60656
Phone: 312-620-6025
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Website: https://theninthcandle.com
Instagram: @theninthcandle
Twitter: @theninthcandle
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theninthcandle/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-ninth-candle/

Director/Person-in-Charge: Dr. Luke Berryman, Founder
Board of Directors:
Dr. Aubrey Daniels
Tyler Duke
Both Long
Sarah Palomo
Dr. Scott Sandoval, President of the Board

Year Established: 2020
Type of Organization: 501(c)3 nonprofit

Mission: The Ninth Candle's mission is to end antisemitism by sharing knowledge. We fulfill this mission by partnering with schools across the United States to improve standards in Holocaust education.

Services: The Ninth Candle serves middle- and high schools with educational programs for students in grades six-through-twelve, and with professional development programs for teachers. Our programs are distinctive for being tailor made: each one is the outcome of a collaborative process in which we partner with the school to learn about their community and their goals. We also champion inquiry-based learning, using historical documents to help participants to understand how and why the Holocaust happened in the time and the place that did. Our programs are always offered free of charge.

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: 564 South Stone Ave
Tucson, AZ 85701
Phone: 520-670-9073
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Website: https://www.jewishhistorymuseum.org/

Director/Person-in-Charge: Lori Shepherd, Executive Director
Prinicipal Staff Members:
Ori Tsameret, Programming & Education Director

Mission: The Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center has a multifaceted mission to educate about the Holocaust and other genocides, explore the legacy of Jewish experiences in Southern Arizona, preserve the first synagogue built in the Arizona Territory, and collaborate with Tucson's diverse community to promote human rights.

Services: The Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center (TJMHC) is located in Barrio Viejo, an historic neighborhood on the southern edge of downtown Tucson. The museum features the first synagogue built in the Arizona Territory (1910) and a Holocaust History Center. Through educational and community outreach, exhibitions, and public programs, the museum explores the histories and contemporary experiences of Jewish people in Southern Arizona and purposefully places them in conversation with the experiences of other traditionally marginalized communities. The Holocaust Center presents the Holocaust through the life experiences of more than 270 Holocaust survivors who both survived Nazi persecution and later lived in Southern Arizona. The center includes a contemporary human rights gallery which hosts annual rotating exhibitions that highlight present-day human rights violations and issues of social justice. The TJMHC campus includes numerous exterior spaces including a memorial garden and contemplation space. TJMHC is dedicated to its work strengthening connections across the communities that comprise Southern Arizona and using the past as a tool to pave the way toward a more just and peaceful future.

Address: 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place
Washington, D.C. 20024-2126
Phone: 202-488 -0400
Fax: 202-488-2690
TDD: 202-488-0406
Email: https://www.ushmm.org/online/form/contact-the-museum/input
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Website: https://www.ushmm.org/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/holocaustmuseum
Twitter: twitter.com@holocaustmuseum
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/ushmm
Instagram: holocaustmuseum

Director/Person-in-Charge: Sara J. Bloomfield, Director
Principal Staff Members:
Sarah Ogilvie, Chief Program Officer
Diane Saltzman, Director, Constituency Engagement
Paul Shapiro, Director, International Affairs
Jordon Tannerbaum, Chief Development Officer
Michelle Stein, Director, Marketing and Communications
Yariv Lapid, Director, Levine Institute for Holocaust Education
Sarah Lumbard, Senior Digital Curator
Tad Stahnke, Director, Initiative on Holocaust Denial and Antisemitism
Gretchen Skidmore, Director, Educational Initiatives
Marcus Appelbaum, Director, Initiative on the Holocaust and Civic Responsibility 
Jennifer Ciardelli, Director, Initiative on the Holocaust and Professional Leadership
Jill Savitt, Acting Director, Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide s/b Naomi Kikoler
Lisa Leff, Director, Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies
Rebecca Boehling, Director, National Institute for Holocaust Documentation
Naomi Kikoler, Director, Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide 

Established: 1980, Chartered by Congress; opened: 1993
Staff: Salaried - 437; Volunteer - 435 (including 80 Holocaust survivors)

Days and Hours Open to the Public: https://www.ushmm.org/information/visit-the-museum/plan-your-visit

Type of Organization or Mission: A living memorial to the Holocaust, the USHMM inspires citizens and leaders worldwide to confront hatred, prevent genocide, and promote human dignity. Federal support guarantees the Museum's permanent place on the National Mall, and its far-reaching educational programs and global impact are made possible by generous donors. More than 40 million people have visited the Museum since it opened in 1993, and through its website, podcasts, social media channels, traveling exhibitions, and educational programs the Museum reaches millions more. In 2015 the website had more than 25 million visits from over 17 million visitors representing 239 countries and territories. (43.6 % were international visits.)
Significant sections are currently available in 15 languages including Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Chinese, English, Farsi, French, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Urdu.

Services: For information about the Museum's Registry of Holocaust Survivors, contact (202) 488-6130; For information about requesting a Holocaust survivor to speak, please contact (202) 488-0414 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; The Museum has an extensive program of traveling exhibitions. For information, contact Christine Brown (202) 314-7848 (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.); The Museum has a research library and extensive archival holdings. Research questions including information from the International Tracing Service Archive may be directed to the library's reference desk at (202) 479-9717 and for archival research (202) 488-6113. Library website: www.ushmm.org/research/library; For information about the Museum's scholarly programs, contact the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, (202) 488-6162; For information about Museum membership, contact (202) 488-2642 or visit the Museum's website

Publications: The Museum publishes an Annual Report, a semi-annual magazine Memory & Action, a calendar, and numerous scholarly, programmatic, and general interest publications, many of which are available on the Museum's website and through its Museum Shop; Holocaust and Genocide Studies, a scholarly journal published by Oxford University Press in association with the Museum, is published 3 times a year.