Educators' Study Tours
This HHREC educational mission offers teachers a unique opportunity to visit the sites of the Holocaust in Germany and Poland and speak with experts in the field. The program is designed to offer insight into the history of the Jews in these countries, trace the origin and progression of the Holocaust, and visit memorial sites through a series of interactive workshops and guided tours with experts in the field.
This guided trip was created to expand teacher comprehension of this monumental event in human history, and it has served to inspire and motivate them as they prepare to teach the lessons of the Holocaust and promote protection of Human Rights to their students.
Participants gain first-hand knowledge of how a re-unified Germany approaches the increased diversification of its population today, and prepare the next generation of students to understand the meaning of the Holocaust and pass on the lessons we have learned for the future.
2024 Summer Educators’ Tour
The 2024 HHREC Educational Trip to Germany and Poland offered educators an opportunity to learn about the Holocaust in a sixteen-day tour. Teachers from Archbishop Stepinac HS, Roosevelt HS (Yonkers), New Rochelle HS, White Plains HS, Mount Vernon HS, Denzel Washington HS, For the Visual & Performing Arts (Mount Vernon) were joined by teachers from Florida, Ohio, New Jersey and South Carolina. For the first time a Westchester clergyman from Rye Brook participated. The tour is led by HHREC Director of Education Steve Goldberg and professional tour guide Gerrit Book. The pro-gram is designed to offer insight into the history of the Jews in Germany and Poland, trace the origins of the Holocaust, and visit monuments and memorial sites through a series of interactive workshops and guided tours by experts in the field. The trip included stops at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, the Jewish Muse-um of Berlin, the Wannsee House, Auschwitz-Birkenau, the former Warsaw Ghetto, and Sachsenhausen, a former concentration camp in Oranienburg, Germany.
