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Causes: Adult Education, Arts & Culture, Commemorative Events, Education, History Museums, Secondary & High Schools
Mission: Teach the Shoah trains people of all ages, generations, and backgrounds to share testimony-based stories and lessons of the Holocaust that challenge ignorance and hate by building personal connections across generations, faiths, and identities. Our vision is for everyone, of all ages and all backgrounds, and in all communities, to see the story of the Holocaust as a universal story with empowering lessons to be learned. Our goal is to give as many people as possible the chance to directly engage with the stories of the Holocaust, both as story-listeners and as storytellers.
Target demographics: Teachers and students, museum docents and guides, children and grandchildren of survivors, the general public, schools, museums, libraries, community organizations
Geographic areas served: America, Israel, South Africa, Singapore, and more
Programs: Training for family members of survivors to tell their family’s stories; Training for adults and teens to tell testimony-based stories of the Holocaust; Guide/docent training; Teacher training; Parent seminars; Educational programming, including story-infused lectures, discussions, and classes; Innovative Holocaust commemorations; Interfaith programming; Social justice workshops