Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center

What Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center does

The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1994 and headquartered in White Plains, New York, that delivers Holocaust and human rights education to schools, educators, and community organizations across Westchester County and the greater Hudson Valley region. The organization operates a Speakers Bureau comprising Holocaust Survivors, Liberators, and second/third/fourth-generation descendants (GenerationsForward), and delivers on-site programming, professional development, student leadership conferences, and commemorative events (Yom HaShoah, Kristallnacht). Its products include the Holocaust Survivor Legacy Project — an interactive oral history database of Westchester County survivors containing audio/visual testimonies, photographs, letters, and artifacts — plus five portable exhibition panels (Call Me Stefan, Courage to Remember, 13 Drivers' Licenses, Agi Keleti, Cartoonists Against the Holocaust) available for loan, and a MemoryKeeper Family History Group program.

HHREC's revenue model is a diversified nonprofit mix: individual and institutional donations, a recurring annual membership program subsidizing teachers and speakers, modest program fees ($200 per presentation, $100–$400 for exhibition loans depending on venue, $230 for MemoryKeeper including one-year membership), and government appropriations, notably a $100,000 New York State appropriation in 2025. The organization was selected by the New York State Education Department Commissioner to revise and update statewide curricular resources on the Holocaust and other genocides, and in 2025 co-launched the online educator platform "Teaching the Holocaust and Other Genocides" with NYSED and the NY State Archives Partnership Trust — extending HHREC's reach from a regional Westchester base to a statewide audience.

The organization's distribution is community-led and regional, relying on direct on-site programming at schools, the Speakers Bureau bookings, exhibition panel loans, annual commemorative events, and digital outreach through its website and newsletter. Key staff include Executive Director Millie Jasper and Director of Education Steven Goldberg, with governance from Board Chairperson Daniel Weinreb. HHREC reports reaching more than 3,000 teachers since 1994 and holds a 92% Charity Navigator rating, with membership in the Association of Holocaust Organizations, IHRA, USHMM's Community of Holocaust Education Centers, and other regional bodies.

Name

Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center

Legal name

Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center

Website

https://hhrecny.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

HHREC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1994 that delivers Holocaust and human rights education to K-12 schools, educators, and community organizations across Westchester and the Hudson Valley through on-site programming, a Speakers Bureau of survivors and descendants, an interactive survivor oral history database, portable exhibition panels, and statewide curricular partnerships with the New York State Education Department.

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Headquarters

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White Plains

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

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B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: HHREC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that relies on donations from individuals, families, and community members to fund its educational programs, speaker honorariums, and exhibition operations.
2. Government Appropriations: HHREC received a $100,000 appropriation from New York State to support its educational mission.
3. Program Fees: Modest fees are charged for certain programs including presentations ($200), exhibition panel loans ($100-$400 depending on venue and speaker), and the MemoryKeeper Family History Group program ($230 including one-year membership).
4. Membership Dues: Annual membership program that subsidizes teachers, supports speakers, and funds student education programs.

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Core offering

HHREC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that delivers Holocaust and human rights education programs to schools, educators, and community organizations in the Westchester County and Hudson Valley region. Its offerings include a Speakers Bureau of Holocaust Survivors and second/third/fourth-generation descendants, portable exhibition panel loans, the interactive Holocaust Survivor Legacy Project oral history database, teacher professional development and study tours, student programs, and annual Yom HaShoah and Kristallnacht commemorations.

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Products and services

• Speakers Bureau — Holocaust Survivor and Liberator Speakers A speaker bureau comprised of Holocaust Survivors and Liberators with years of experience sharing first-person survival stories. Speakers are booked to present at schools, organizations, synagogues, churches, and companies.
• GenerationsForward Speakers Bureau Speakers Bureau composed of second, third, and fourth-generation descendants of Holocaust Survivors who share their family's Holocaust story with schools and community audiences in a powerful and impactful manner.
• Human Rights Institutes for Students In-school Human Rights Institutes for K-12 students across Westchester and Hudson Valley schools, fulfilling the NY State mandate to include Holocaust and other human rights abuses in curriculum.
• Teacher Professional Development Program Professional development training for K-12 educators on teaching the Holocaust and human rights, complemented by a Holocaust Curriculum Guide and the Susan J. Goldberg Memorial Teacher Award. Since 1994, HHREC has reached more than 3,000 teachers through this program.
• Educators' Study Tours (Germany and Poland) Guided study tours to historic sites in Europe (including the Pastoral Journey to Germany and Poland) for educators and community members to deepen understanding of Holocaust history.
• Holocaust Survivor Legacy Project Interactive oral history database containing audio and visual accounts of Westchester County Holocaust Survivors, accompanied by personal effects, photographs, letters, and artifacts, with edited 25-30 minute interview programs and student study guides for use by teachers, students, and adults.
• Teaching the Holocaust and Other Genocides — Online Educator Platform Online educator resource platform developed with NYSED and NY State Archives Partnership Trust, providing primary resources, case studies, learning activities, and supplemental materials aligned with the NYS Social Studies Framework for teaching the Holocaust and other genocides.
• Portable Exhibition Panel Loan Program Loan program for portable educational exhibition panels available to schools and community organizations: Call Me Stefan, Courage to Remember (Simon Wiesenthal Center), 13 Drivers' Licenses, Agi Keleti: The Jewish Olympian, and Cartoonists Against the Holocaust. Priced at $100-$200 for schools and $300-$400 for other venues, with optional speaker accompaniment.
• MemoryKeeper Family History Group Program Training program that helps participants develop and present their family Holocaust stories. Includes 8 weekly training sessions, family research resources, vignette writing, historical vetting, and presentation training; $230 program cost includes a one-year HHREC membership.
• Annual Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) Commemoration Annual Westchester Countywide Yom HaShoah Holocaust Commemoration held at the Garden of Remembrance in White Plains, co-presented with the Westchester Jewish Council. Draws approximately 300 attendees including Holocaust Survivors, government officials, educators, and community members (2024).
• Annual Kristallnacht Commemoration Annual Kristallnacht ('Night of Broken Glass') Commemoration co-hosted with Iona University in New Rochelle, NY, featuring distinguished lecturers and remembrance programming for the community.
• Testimony of the Human Spirit Documentary Documentary film produced by HHREC featuring Holocaust Survivor testimony, including that of Speaker Lola Margulies, used in educational outreach to schools and communities.
• Kaidanow Family Mini-Grants Program Grant program providing funding to subsidize K-12 schools' Holocaust and human rights education programs, administered by HHREC's Educators Program Committee.
• Annual Membership Program Annual membership program whose dues subsidize teachers, support speakers, and fund student education programs at HHREC.

Quantifiable outcome

• Since 1994, HHREC has reached more than 3,000 teachers, and through them thousands of students, across Westchester and the greater Hudson Valley area.
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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• New York State Education Department (NYSED)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025HHREC was selected by the NYSED Commissioner of Education to revise and update all curricular resources for teaching the Holocaust and other genocides to meet the 1994 NY State mandate. In 2025, NYSED released the online educator resource platform 'Teaching the Holocaust and Other Genocides' developed in partnership with HHREC and the NY State Archives Partnership Trust.
• New York State Archives Partnership TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025Partnered with HHREC and NYSED to develop the 'Teaching the Holocaust and Other Genocides' online educator resource platform, providing archival materials and supporting primary source content.
• Memorial Scrolls Trust (London)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2021HHREC received Sefer Torah #140 on permanent loan from the Memorial Scrolls Trust in London. This 18th-century Torah was saved in Prague during the Nazi occupation and is one of 1,564 Czech Memorial Scrolls. The orphan scroll — reduced to a single surviving page — is housed at HHREC's library in White Plains as a living educational artifact.
• Yorktown Jewish CenterminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2021Yorktown Jewish Center donated a rescued Holocaust Sefer Torah to HHREC in October 2021 for safeguarding at the HHREC library and education center following the synagogue's closure.
• Simon Wiesenthal Center (Los Angeles)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHHREC offers the 'Courage to Remember' exhibition — 25 individual panels created by the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles — for loan to schools and community organizations. This is one of HHREC's most widely available educational exhibit resources.
• U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum / USHMMcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHHREC is a member of the USHMM's Community of Holocaust Education Centers. HHREC also references USHMM's educator resources (films, lesson plans, curricular materials, professional development) as recommended teacher resources within its Holocaust Survivor Legacy Project.
• Iona UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHHREC co-hosts the annual Kristallnacht Commemoration and Yom HaShoah events with Iona University in New Rochelle, NY. The partnership includes co-sponsoring the William H. Donat Yom HaShoah commemoration featuring distinguished lecturers and the annual Susan J. Goldberg Memorial Teacher Award presentation.
• Westchester Jewish Council (WJC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHHREC co-presents the Annual Westchester Countywide Yom HaShoah Holocaust Commemoration with the Westchester Jewish Council at the Garden of Remembrance in White Plains. WJC President William Schrag participates in the annual event.
• Fundação Aristides de Sousa MendesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe 'Call Me Stefan' exhibit was curated by historian Dr. Cláudia Ninhos and developed by the Fundação Aristides de Sousa Mendes with support from the Diplomatic Institute. HHREC offers this 12-panel star-shaped exhibit to local schools and organizations.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Anti-Defamation League (ADL): National organization providing Holocaust education, anti-bias curricula, and educator training programs that overlap with HHREC's mandate-fulfillment and teacher professional development offerings.
• U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM): The federal Holocaust memorial museum in Washington, D.C.; HHREC is a member of USHMM's Community of Holocaust Education Centers and references USHMM resources. Broad incumbent operating at national scale in the same education and remembrance mission.
• Simon Wiesenthal Center / Museum of Tolerance: Created the 'Courage to Remember' exhibition panels that HHREC loans to schools — a direct content partner and broad incumbent in Holocaust and human rights education with global reach.
• Yad Vashem – The World Holocaust Remembrance Center: Israel's official Holocaust memorial and education center; global incumbent producing primary-source educational content and teacher training referenced by Holocaust educators worldwide, comparable in mission.

Direct peers

• Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center: Mid-sized regional Holocaust education center offering survivor testimony, exhibition panels, teacher training, and commemorations — same operating model as HHREC but serving the Chicago metro area.
• Holocaust Museum Houston: Regional Holocaust education center with survivor speakers, traveling exhibitions, and school programming — directly comparable to HHREC in scope, programming mix, and regional-community mission.
• Facing History and Ourselves: National nonprofit that provides Holocaust and human rights education curricula, professional development, and resources to schools — directly comparable to HHREC's educator programming and curricular-mandate fulfillment model, though at significantly larger scale.
• Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust: NYC-based Jewish heritage and Holocaust education institution offering survivor testimony, exhibitions, and educator resources — overlapping with HHREC's audience and programmatic model, though based closer to and serving the broader NYC metro area.
• Holocaust Memorial Center (Farmington Hills, MI): Regional Holocaust education center offering survivor testimony, exhibits, teacher workshops, and community commemorations — closely comparable mid-sized operating model to HHREC.

Emerging players

• Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) – Teaching Tolerance / Learning for Justice: Provides free human rights and anti-bias curricula to K–12 educators nationwide — overlapping with HHREC's educator programming and NY-mandate-fulfillment use case, but covering broader civil rights content beyond the Holocaust.

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