Archive for January 2022

The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) will host the second annual White Rose Student Research Contest for 2022. This competition is open to 7th-12th grade students in the greater Westchester County NY area. The 2021/2022 contest theme is Auschwitz and the Hungarian Deportations.  Participating students who compete in the project will submit essays…

HHREC will host a Book Talk on March 8th starting at 7pm with Glenn Kurtz, author of Three Minutes in Poland: Discovering a Lost World in a 1938 Family Film. This book was named a best book of 2014 by NPR, The New Yorker, and The Boston Globe, and it has become a documentary. The story continues to…

How do you decide what facts to include in a history textbook? How do the facts not included change the narrative? How do you tackle teaching the topic of the Holocaust? A diverse group of teachers from Westchester County grappled with these issues and more during a recent day-long educational seminar hosted by the Holocaust…