Archive for May 2021
HHREC Hosts Inaugural White Rose Student Competition
On May 20th, the HHREC launched an inaugural White Rose Student Research Contest event for students grades 7 through 12 in the greater Westchester County area. This contest, named in memory of the White Rose, a resistance movement consisting of German university students, commemorated the efforts of these brave young people who gave their lives…
Read MoreNew Children’s Book Featuring Stories of Survivors Published in German and English
The German International School New York has published a unique and powerful book for children grades 4 through 9 that can be read in either English or German. We Lived on Miracles- Stories of Holocaust Survivors was written to offer schools and educators a new resource for young people to read passages shared by Holocaust Survivors…
Read MoreHolocaust & Human Rights Education Center Partners with Yeshiva University
May 13, 2021– The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) of White Plains, NY has entered into a partnership with the Emil A. and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Yeshiva University to further promote education programs, events and archived resources for schools and educators. “We are very excited to be…
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