Tennessee Holocaust Commission Inc

Programs: Education programs: these programs served over 80,420 students, 4,051 teachers, and 13,744 community members in public, private and parochial schools in specific regional areas. The programs typically are requested by an outside educational entity. Upon approval, the commission funds all or a portion of the program. Trunks are also available with multimedia tools, including books, first-person testimonies, videos, cd-roms, maps, lesson plans, student activities and reference materials about the holocaust in seventeen county school systems in tennessee. Upon request from the schools, trunks are loaned and shipped to the school at no expense. Funds for procurement and for distribution are also given to various projects.

days of remembrance: assistance provided for community observances around the state, and in some instances on college campuses, for the annual days of remembrance programs, which generally take place in april or may

belz-lipman award: this is an annual award presented to teacher participants in each of the three grand divisions of the state for excellence in teaching about the holocaust.

exhibitions:several exhibits that we manage are part of our services and resources. These exhibits include:living on-living on" is a documentary project that includes portraits of holocaust survivors and u. S. Army liberators now living in tennessee. These individuals witnessed and survived one of the most catastrophic periods in human history. Through their stories, faces, and testimony, we gain a unique insight into how the unthinkable happened and how the consequences of these events still have relevance today. "living on" offers viewers an opportunity to meet fellow citizens through photographic portraits and biographical sketches. This unique project stands as a powerful testament to human resilience, as we hear the voices and see the faces of those who survived a horrific violence inspired by fanatical hatred and designed to eliminate the very faces and voices captured by the project. Perpetrators-an exhibition designed to educate, provoke and encourage study. The premise of this exhibit as stated by the artist is, "i decided to portray that people who made hitler possible. I began to focus mainly on a representative group of men who helped hitler to power and implemented his policies. These "perpetrators" came from every facet of life: law, education, the military, industry, finance, medicine, religion, science, journalism, art. They were mainly men of position and education. By using period photographs, together with biographical text as integral to the drawn portraits, i satisfied the twin poles of my aesthetic and didactic interests: work that achieves a formal coherence and at the same time educational impact. " -sid chafetz, artistnelly toll-a watercolor exhibit of childhood memories. Nelly toll was six years old when the nazis occupied poland in september of 1939. At the age of eight nelly was hidden in a small bedroom of a polish couple. For a more than a year she lived in constant fear of being discovered. During this time she wrote in a diary and painted watercolor pictures of a fantasy world beyond the hiding place; filled with friends, fun, bright skies and happy family life. The thc is the repository of reproductions of the original watercolors and are part of nelly toll's personal collection that was donated to the tennessee holocaust commission in 2007.