Events

Our webinars are designed to increase participants’ knowledge of Holocaust history, explore and access classroom-ready content, and support instructional practice to promote student learning and understanding of this complex history and its lasting effect on the world. Resistance in the Vilna Ghetto took many forms. Through the diary of Yitskhok Rudashevski — known to many […]

New York Times best-selling author Alex Kershaw, Resident Historian for Friends of the National World War II Memorial, joins Echoes & Reflections to tell the incredible true story of Felix Sparks, a Texas-born officer who fought in WWII from the beaches of Sicily to the gates of Dachau. Don’t miss this harrowing and inspiring story of […]

From friend of the Collaborative Southern California Holodomor Genocide Committee: To help students understand the terror gripping Ukraine today, educators must be equipped to explain its historical precedent: the Holodomor—Stalin’s genocide against Ukrainians in the 1930s. In this workshop, teachers will work with survivor testimonies, propaganda posters, official Soviet documents, and historical maps to explore […]

How do we teach the Holocaust at a time of Holocaust distortion and trivialization in contemporary culture? The Holocaust is a global symbol of evil, but it has been decontextualized. Yoni Berrous, former Yad Vashem educator and current Head of the Teaching Resources Development Team at the National Library of Israel, will critically examine modern […]

CA 6 – 12 grade teachers—this is your opportunity to amplify your impact! Offered at no cost, with accommodations provided and travel expenses reimbursed