The lessons from the Holocaust must never be forgotten and we can live these lessons everyday
by helping the person next to us.
-- RF, Teacher, All Saints Catholic High School, Puyallup

Thanks again for the best teacher seminar I have been to in years.
-----TC, Teacher, Mount Si High School, Mount Si

HOLOCAUST WRITING AND ART CONTEST!

The 2010 Jacob Friedman Holocaust Writing and Art Contest is now underway! 
Open to students in grades 5-12 in the Pacific Northwest (WA, OR, ID, AK). 
Entries accepted now through April 2, 2010.
Flyer (pdf)   |  Go to webpage

 

UPCOMING PROGRAMS

Killing Kasztner: The Jew Who Dealt with the Nazis
Seattle Jewish Film Festival presented by the Amercian Jewish Committee
Sunday, March 14 at 5:50 PM. SIFF Cinema at McCaw Hall.
United States. 2008. Hero or Traitor? Rezso Kasztner, the Hungarian Jew who faced down Eichmann, saved thousands and paid with his life.  Sponsored by the Holocaust Center.  Followed by discussion led by Pat Gallagher, Holocaust Center Board Member, Educator, and Administrator at Kent Mountain View Academy.

Community Program: Stories from a Holocaust Survivor - Frieda S.
Thursday, March 18, 2010.  7:00pm - 9:00pm. 
Benton City (Tri-Cities area)
Free and open to the public! At Kiona-Benton City High School.
Frieda S.: In 1943, at the age of 14, Frieda was deported to Theresienstadt, a concentration camp in her native country of Czechoslovakia, because she was a "mischling" - half Jewish. Frieda's mother was not Jewish, but her father was.

Creating Change: Teaching about the Holocaust and Genocide
Friday, March 19, 2010.  8:30am - 3:30pm. 
Benton City (Tri-Cities area)
At Kiona-Benton City High School. $20.  Clock hours available. Sessions include: Overview of the Holocaust, Rescue and Resistance, Camps and Ghettos, Teaching about Genocide, and a special presentation from a Holocaust survivor. 
Seminar Flyer  |  Detailed Program  |  Register now!  |  Pay Registration Fee

Tri-Cities programs are co-sponsored by Red Lion Hotels and Kiona-Benton City High School.

 

Yom Hashoah: Holocaust Remembrance Day Community Program
Sunday, April 11, 2010. 1:00pm - 3:30pm.

Program includes: reflection & reading of names, Kaddish & musical selections from Temple Beth Am's choir, a panel of the children & grandchildren of Holocaust survivors, "Voices of Hope" - a play produced by SJCC Center Stage, Butterfly project - for kids to create art in memory of children, and more. 

New format this year! Kaddish and all events inside at the SJCC. More information: info@wsherc.org or 206-774-2201.  View program flier (pdf)

 

Looking for teaching materials for Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)?  Click here.

      
These programs are made possible by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany, the Shemanski Foundations, the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, and the Stroum Jewish Community Center.

In Her Own Words: Surviving the Holocaust - Hester K.
April 15, 2010. 2:30-4:30pm. Thompson Hall 135, UW, Seattle.
Sponsored by the Stroum Jewish Studies Program, University of Washington
Free and open to the public. UW Prof. Naomi Sokoloff invites the campus and broader communities to her course Literature & the Holocaust on Thursday, April 15 to hear Holocaust Survivor Hester Kool share her story.  Hester is a member of the Holocaust Center's Speakers Bureau.  Read more about Hester K.

 

 

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE BLOG AND MORE...

Roma/Sinti (Gypsies) during the Holocaust and in Today's World

Hester K., Holocaust Survivor, speaks to students at Lake Washington Girls Middle School

One of the Newest Members of the Holocaust Center's Speakers Bureau - George B.

 

Anne Frank Tree Sapling to be planted in Seattle!
The Holocaust Center has been awarded 1 of 11 Anne Frank Tree Saplings!
Read More...

 

 

 

OTHER PROGRAMS

Exiled Voices for Justice: AA series of documentary screenings and q&a panel discussions. Next (and last film): May 2 (Congo).

Skagit Human Rights Festival. March 5 - 26, 2010.  Human Rights: Are our perveptions driven by the media?   Includes scholar and author Dr. James Waller who will speak on "Genocide in Our Time: Why Darfur Matters."

Michael Chabon at Seattle Arts & Lectures. March 9, 2010. 7:30 pm. Benaroya Hall.

Sparks of Glory: Fathers. March 13, 2010. Music of Remembrance. Free.

The Power of Stories: Yours, Mine, and Ours. Carol Starin. March 15, 2010. Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State.

Powell & Heller Holocaust Conference.  March 18-20 at Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma. Speakers include Professor Christopher Browning, Professor Sarah Horowitz, and Dr. John Roth!

Exhibit - More Than Just Games: Canada & the 1936 Olympics. Vancouver Holocaust Education Center, Vancouver, BC. October 2009 - June 2010.

USHMM Teacher Fellowship Program. July 11 - 16, 2010. Now accepting applications! The program is fully-funded through donations to the Museum, and includes travel expenses, teaching resources, and a generous stipend for books from the Museum Shop.

USHMM Belfer National Conference for Educators. June 27-29, 2010. At the USHMM June 27-29, 2010. At the USHMM in Washington D.C.  Geared towards educators with less than 5 years experience.

France and the Holocaust - History Uncovered. August 11 - August 22, 2010. 11 Days, 10 Nights, and an uprooting of a country's history often ignored.  An educational trip for students. Spaces available for teachers.  Sponsored by Museum Without Walls.

ONGOING PROGRAMS & RESOURCES

Holocaust Teaching Trunks
Trunks contain a vareity materials for teaching and learning about the Holocaust.Free for teachers within Washington State to borrow. (Outside Washington, shipping and handling charges apply.)

Speakers Bureau
30 individuals who volunteer their time to share their first hand experiences of the Holocaust with students and community groups.

Classroom Sets of Books
Each set includes 35 copies of a particular title, a teacher guide, and a related dvd.

Library
The Center's holdings are now available to view online!

Buying things on Amazon.com?
Use the link on the Holocaust Center's website and a small percentage of your purchase is donated to the Holocaust Center! Just scroll down and you'll see the Amazon box.

Call for artifacts and testimonies!
The Center is collecting remaining artifacts and testimonies from Holocaust survivors, liberators and others affected by genocide in the Pacific Northwest. These stories and artifacts will be preserved for future generations and used to educate teachers, students and communities in our region. Please contact Dee Simon, Co-Executive Director, if you have information about a person or artifact that may help us further our mission.

Change begins with me.
Thank you Richmark Label for these stickers! Students who hear a speaker or use a trunk will receive these stickers. Want one (or more) for yourself or your classroom? Email info@wsherc.org.. 

Special thanks to: 

The Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany, Shemanski Foundations,  The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (JFR), and the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle. Thank you to all of our sponsors, donors, and volunteers for making these programs possible.