Welcome to the Holocaust Education Resource Center

Thank you for providing our students with a guest speaker who survived the Holocaust.  You and your organization are an inspiration for knowledge, understanding, and tolerance.

Thank you for telling your story to me.  I felt really sad when you told your story, but I also felt really inspired.  With your story I felt my education really growing.  I could not imagine myself in your position as a teen.  I wish I could have helped during this time.

I want to thank you for the outstanding teacher training you offered on Nazi Propaganda at UW-Oshkosh.  I loved the range of voices you brought in, with their varied expertise and perspectives.  I was thrilled to receive a copy of the book you gave us; I am very glad to have it and am sharing it with several colleagues who are interested in the topic as well.  I appreciate also that the workshop was free.  I look forward to the opportunity to have one of your speakers come to my classes and to working myself with the knowledge and materials you so generously provided.  Thank you for your wonderful work.

Thank you so much for talking to us about the Holocaust and your life story.  It meant a lot to me and I think it touched all of us dearly.  I am so proud that I was able to meet a Holocaust survivor and I will remember you and your story for the rest of my life.

As 9th & 10th graders, my students are on the verge of making many decisions about their values and identity.  Within the context of the Holocaust, HERC teaches values that I hope my students will come to live out in their daily lives.

Thank you for coming to our school and sharing your experience.  Your presentation allowed us to hear and see what life was truly like from someone who lived through it.

Thank you for sharing your powerful story with my 7th graders.  They were deeply moved that you would share details so personal and difficult to help them understand the Holocaust.  We are having excellent discussions and veracious reading back in the classroom thanks to you.

Thank you so much for sharing your story.  I’ve never heard an actual survivor share their story in person and the fact that you were as confident as you were was really inspiring.  You taught us all so much about the history of the war and about life in general.  Thanks again for teaching us and letting us in on your piece of history.

Thank you for the workshop “The Slippery Slope of Racism and Hatred: Understanding the Nazi Propaganda Machine.”  As we are currently studying World War II with my 8th grade students I have already utilized some of the resources.  Over my career I have taken advantage of nearly all the workshop opportunities that have come my way.  With that as a guide I would say that your recent offering was one of the highest quality workshops I have attended.

By giving this speech you have inspired me to be a good leader and you have also inspired me to stand up for others and to help others in their hard times.  I think that bullying relates a lot to the actions that took place during the Holocaust.  In both cases there are bystanders who could’ve done more to change the things that happened.  By being a good leader I could also prevent bullying and other harmful events from happening.  I thank you so very much for coming into our classroom and teaching me not only about the Holocaust but also about the life goals that I hope to fulfill in my future.