Archive for May 2022
HHREC White Rose Student Research Contest 2022
May 24, 2022 – The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) held their second annual White Rose Student Research Contest for 2022 for 7th-12th grade students in the greater Westchester County NY area. The 2021/2022 contest theme was Auschwitz and the Hungarian Deportations. This year, HHREC honored students and teachers from Irvington High School, Westchester…
Read MoreHHREC Hosts Student Contest to Promote Genocide Awareness
The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) recently held their annual Genocide Awareness Student Contest in commemoration of April as Genocide Awareness and Prevention month. This event invited students to create an original project in visual arts, poetry, music, or other media of artistic expression that commemorates an aspect of a genocide which occurred…
Read MorePurchase College and Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center Co-Sponsor Screening of Holocaust Historical Film and Talk with Producer Nancy Spielberg
Purchase College State University of New York and the the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) co-sponsored a screening of a documentary film and talk with Executive Producer Nancy Spielberg on April 26th at the Humanities Theater on the campus of Purchase College. Attendees watched the screening of the film Who Will Write our…
Read MoreHHREC and Westchester Jewish Council Countywide Yom Hashoah Commemoration Draws Crowd at Garden of Remembrance
The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) and Westchester Jewish Council came together to co-sponsor the annual Countywide Yom Hashoah Commemoration Keeping the Memory Alive on April 28th at the Garden of Remembrance in White Plains, NY. HHREC Chairman Michael Gyory greeted attendees and spoke about the importance of the Westchester community in coming…
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