The Holocaust Center's mission is to inspire teaching and learning for humanity in the schools and communities of this region through study of the Holocaust.
Seattle Channel - Video Spotlight
Channel 21, the Seattle Channel, featured the Holocaust Center and local Holocaust survivors in one of their recent episodes of City Stream. Information about the Center is featured at the beginning of the video and continues after a short portion on the Mayor's outreach. To view on the Seattle Channel website, click here.
Voices for Humanity 2010
Outstanding students and teachers talk about
their work with the Holocaust Center and how Holocaust education has affected
them. Also featuring Holocaust survivor and honoree of the Voices for Humanity
2010 Luncheon Robert Herschkowitz.
Video produced by Don Porter, Independent Videographer
Comcast Newsmakers
Comcast Newsmakers interviewed the Holocaust Center's Director of Education, Ilana Cone Kennedy in 2011. The interview aired on CNN Headlines 12 times. Special thanks to Comcast for supporting the Holocaust Center's programs!
The Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, established in 1989. The Holocaust Center supports teachers in the public and private schools of Washington State and in the Pacific Northwest who want to introduce Holocaust studies into their curricula.
The Holocaust Center provides the following resources to educators, students, academics, authors, and public and private organizations:
- Educational programs and curricula
- Community programs
- Artifacts
- Teacher training
- Holocaust Teaching Trunks
- Classroom sets of books
- Speakers Bureau of survivors, witnesses, liberators, second generation, and WWII veterans
- Online resources including curricula and teaching activities
- Exhibits
- Library collection of books, videos/dvds, video testimonies
- Monthly enewsletter
- Writing and art contest
- Support and consultation for educators
The Holocaust Center's work is funded by individual donations and grants.
Socialization (Café Europa) programs for Nazi victims, and educational programs, have been supported by grants from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany. The Holocaust Center is a partner agency of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle.
Website content development and design supported by grants from:
Humanities Washington, the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, and the Women's
Endowment Foundation.
The content included in the Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center (WSHERC) website is intended for educational purposes only. While WSHERC has attempted to maintain as accurately and completely as possible the content on this website, including without limitation content submitted by others, such content may contain errors or omissions, for which WSHERC disclaims all liability to the fullest extent allowed by law. All photos property of WSHERC.
Questions and comments:
info@wsherc.org
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