The Dr. Donald Hecht Memorial Holocaust Education Initiative is putting free Holocaust education kits into classrooms. Twenty-five reproduction artifacts a student can pick up and hold.
What arrives in the box
Built by Hands-on History in partnership with the Holocaust Museum Orange County and funded by The House of Ruach. It turns a chapter in a textbook into something a student can hold.
Two minutes
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Orange County
More than 700 artifacts from Auschwitz. Survivor and second-generation voices. School tours built around survivor testimony, authentic artifacts and real discussion, including the account of Mel Mermelstein, who took a Holocaust denial organization to court in California and won.
Wherever you are
There is almost certainly a museum, memorial or education center closer to you than you think. These directories cover the United States and more than ninety countries.
Also free
A thirty-eight minute educational film from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, made for middle and high school classrooms and supported by Dr. Donald Hecht. The United Nations distributes it with subtitles in six languages.
Send one further
The kits are free to teachers because The House of Ruach funded the first run. The Holocaust Museum Orange County assembles them, stores them and ships them. A gift to the museum is what keeps the next run coming.
Why we do this
The mission of the Dr. Donald Hecht Memorial Holocaust Education Initiative: transforming remembrance into responsibility by applying the lessons of Holocaust history to challenge hate, confront prejudice, and uphold the dignity of every human being.
The House of Ruach is guided by Jewish values and works toward a world in which God would choose to live.