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…
Read MoreHolocaust & Human Rights Education Center Announces New Board Members
April 13, 2021– The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) of White Plains, NY has announced their Board of Directors has elected Ziporah Janowski and Debby Ziering to join their board. Janowski and Ziering will serve three-year terms effective January 1, 2021. “We are very pleased that Ziporah and Debby will be joining our…
Read MoreStudents and Teachers Attend HHREC High School Institute Leaders Virtual Event Featuring Holocaust Survivor and Former White Supremacist
Over 600 students and teachers from 42 schools in the Westchester County NY and Fairfield County CT area attended the annual Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) Human Rights Institute for High School Leaders virtual event on March 18th. This year’s event featured intimate talks and testimonials by Holocaust Survivor Judith Altmann and former…
Read MoreHolocaust & Human Rights Education Center Announces Schedule for Memory Keepers Story Hour
Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center Announces New Director of Donor Advising
White Rose Student Research Contest
The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) announced its first annual White Rose Student Research Contest, open to 7th-12th grade students in the greater Westchester County NY area. The 2020-2021 contest theme is Propaganda. Participating students who compete in the project will submit essays based on research of primary source and secondary source materials…
Read MoreHHREC Newsletter Winter 2021 Edition
HHREC Board Chair Statement on Jan. 6th Capitol Riots
STATEMENT REGARDING VIOLENCE AT THE NATION’S CAPITOL Over the last three years the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) has had to address several horrific incidents. The Tree of Life atrocity, the Christchurch New Zealand massacre and the murder of George Floyd are three examples. Each demonstrate humankind’s capacity for violence and intolerance. The…
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