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Resources

For more information on Holocaust resources by state click Below

States with Mandated Holocaust Education

States with Holocaust Commission/Resources

Additional resources

United State Holocaust Memorial Museum
The Simon Wiesenthal Center -
- Watch our Webinar to learn more about the programs available to you from SWC
The Museum of Jewish Heritage
ADL
Holocaust Council of Greater MetroWest of NJ
Echoes & Reflections
Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect -
- Watch our webinar to learn more about the programs available to your from the Anne Frank Center
Classrooms without Borders
Voices of Hope
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center -
- Watch our webinar to learn more about the programs available to you from the IHMEC
OpenDorMedia
LIGHT Initiative
The Butterfly Project
Museum of History & Holocaust Education - Kennesaw State Univ
Hate Ends Now
Shine a Light
Survivor: Aron's Story
WEDU (WeEducate)
The Ninth Candle
Passage to Sweden
Watch the MSHEF Webinar for more resources

free curriculum/content

april 2024 map of states required hol ed.JPG

Map and information courtesy of

Echoes and Reflections

https://echoesandreflections.org/interactive-map/

27 out of 50 states mandate Holocaust education
5 states Recommend and 17 states have commissions or taskforces to support holocaust education as part of their secondary school curriculum

Claims Conference

Conference on Jewish Material claims against germany

Never again education act

The Claims Conference in 2018 released a comprehensive national survey of Holocaust awareness and knowledge among adults in the United States.

66% of US millennials did not know what Auschwitz was
4 in 10 millennials thought 2 million Jews or fewer were killed during the Holocaust (actual number is over 6 million)
Eight out of ten respondents say it is important to keep teaching about the Holocaust so it does not happen again
The survey demonstrated wide gaps in younger American's knowledge of the genocide while also showing a concerning 15% of millennials and Gen Zers thought holding neo-Nazi views was acceptable.

Almost two-thirds of millennials, Gen Z don't know that 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, survey finds

USA TODAY September 16, 2020

ACCORDING TO SURVEY OF ADULTS 18-39, 23% SAID THEY BELIEVED THE HOLOCAUST WAS A MYTH

Harriet Sherwood

Wed 16 Sep 2020 00.01 EDT

FACTS

11 million people were killed during the Holocaust (1.1 million children)

6 million of those victims were Jewish

Other groups targeted:

(according to the US Holocaust Memorial Museum)

Roma (Gypsies)
People with disabilities
Slavic peoples (especially Poles and Russians)
Communists
Socialists
Jehovah's Witnesses
Homosexuals

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Trip To Switzerland and Poland Nov 2015

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