Archive for March 2024
Area High School Students and Teachers Attend Education Event Featuring US Agency for International Development (USAID) Speaker and Second-Generation Holocaust Survivor
Over 400 students and teachers from 34 schools in Westchester, Dutchess, Putnam, Orange, Suffolk Counties and Fairfield County CT attended the 22nd Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) High School Institute event on March 14th at Iona University in New Rochelle, New York. The program began with welcoming remarks by Millie Jasper, HHREC Executive…
Read MoreAnne Frank Center USA Grows Sapling Project
HHREC one of six to receive saplings grown from the horse chestnut tree that towered behind the Secret Annex in Amsterdam NEW YORK, March 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Anne Frank Center USA, an organization dedicated to transformative education honoring the legacy of Anne Frank, is pleased to announce six new recipients of saplings grown from the horse chestnut tree that…
Read MoreHolocaust Survivors Join HHREC Speakers Bureau
The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) of White Plains, NY has announced three Holocaust Survivors have joined their Speakers Bureau. Dr. Victor Borden is the son of Holocaust survivors Rywen (Roman) and Mina Bornsztajin (Bronstein), who were born and raised in Lodz, Poland from prosperous families. Victor tells the chilling story of his…
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