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‘This is a Human Story’: Michigan Educators Learn Strategies to Teach the Holocaust
Published in The Detroit News by Jennifer Chambers on August 14, 2024 Because the Holocaust is difficult material to teach, Renea Di Bella, an Education Specialist at The Zekelman Holocaust Museum,…
The Zekelman Holocaust Center in Farmington Hills Completes Massive Renovation
The evils of history must be remembered so that they are never repeated. That assertion is the guiding principle behind The Zekelman Holocaust Center (The HC), located in Farmington Hills; the institution recently underwent a comprehensive $31 million renovation, doubling down on its commitment to preserving the legacy of Holocaust victims and survivors.
One Hope From Changes at This Holocaust Museum: Fewer Nazi Selfies
An exhibit redesign at the Zekelman Holocaust Center near Detroit provides less opportunity to pose in front of Nazi images as it attempts to refocus attention on the victims, not the perpetrators.
Remembering Dr. Guy Stern, Holocaust Survivor and Ritchie Boys Hero
REFLECTING ON THE LEGACY OF DR. STERN Dr. Guy Stern, the Director of our International Institute of the Righteous, has passed away at age 101. He would have celebrated his…
The Existential Threat to the LGBTQ+ Community in Nazi Germany
By Ashley Koch, Museum Educator at The HC A COMMUNITY EMERGES The roots of the modern LGBTQ+ movement lie in Germany, where a community of self-conscious and openly gay men…
Remembering My Grandfather on the Anniversary of the Liberation of Bergen-Belsen
By Hannah Mills, Education Associate at The HC – On April 15, 2023, we marked the 78th anniversary of the liberation of Bergen-Belsen, a concentration camp located in Lower Saxony…
Afro-Germans and the Holocaust
By Joshua Wilson, Museum Educator at The HC – During Black History Month, we want to honor the memories of Black people who lived through the violent and hateful ideology…
A Memorial Tribute to Hans Weinmann, Devoted Friend to the Holocaust Memorial Center
By: Feiga Weiss, Head Librarian and Archivist – On Wednesday, September 15, 2021, Hans Weinmann was laid to rest in the Clover Hill Park Cemetery, in Birmingham. It was a…
