Free First Thursday! Check out special exhibitions. Refreshments available. No tickets needed. Free or reduced cost access is supported by 4Culture.

When Peter Metzelaar was 7, the Nazis seized his entire family except for Peter and his mother. With the help of the Dutch Underground, Peter and his mother were sheltered by rescuers in Holland. After the war, Peter and his mother immigrated to the United States. Although Peter spoke no English when he first arrived in the country, he worked hard in school and went on to have a successful career as a radiology technologist. Today, he continues to be an active member of the Holocaust Center for Humanity's Speakers Bureau. Peter is available in our museum to answer questions from the public and tell his personal story. This is a rare opportunity to hear the experiences of a...

How are we meant to respond to contemporary threats of far-right extremism, populism, and antisemitism that increasingly resemble the Nazi past? In this talk, we explore history and cast a light on the forgotten figures who found ways to challenge and undermine the most brutal of dictatorships. From the German lawyer who fled the Third Reich to help the Allies, to the Black American soldier who liberated Buchenwald, to the politicians and journalists who unearthed Nazi war criminals hiding in the United States, we will see that resistance does sometime involves incredible daring and enormous risk - but it can also begin with something as simple as writing your ideas down or showing solidarity with the oppressed. Luke Berryman...

This professional development session will introduce educators to best practices for teaching about the Holocaust and other hard histories through ELA and Social Studies. This session invites educators to re-examine their approach to teaching difficult histories by establishing brave classrooms, focusing on the foundation of identity, and providing tools to ground these histories in the historical context necessary to understand them. Participants will gain access to classroom lesson plans for implementing these concepts in their Holocaust curriculum.

Founded by Holocaust survivors with a vision, the Holocaust Center for Humanity was built on the belief that future generations can learn from the past and choose a different path. Your support makes that vision possible by helping students and educators across Washington gain the knowledge, critical thinking, and moral courage to confront injustice and promote human dignity. Join us for our Voices for Humanity program and luncheon to honor the past, celebrate our community’s impact, and invest in the future of Holocaust education.

Featuring scholars from the Equal Justice Initiative, Institute for Common Power, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and more, educators will wrestle in this workshop with profound moral questions raised by the respective histories of African Americans and the Holocaust and their legacies today. How did systems of oppression in Nazi Germany and the United States enable, and inflame what unfolded then, and what patterns can we recognize today? At the same time, participants will gain classroom-ready resources and considerations to help their students not only consider these issues, but also to sharpen their skills in critical thinking, ethical reflection and empathy, and civic responsibility in the face of systems of oppression today. Featured presenters include, but aren't limited to,...

Bryan Stevenson developed the vision for the Legacy Sites in Montgomery, Alabama, after studying how Germany, South Africa, and Rwanda confronted histories of violence and injustice to promote truth, repair, and reconciliation. As Stevenson writes, “In America, we have resisted that reckoning.” Through the Legacy Museum, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, Freedom Monument Sculpture Park, and Montgomery Square, the Equal Justice Initiative explores how slavery evolved rather than ended because the nation never fully confronted racial injustice at its roots. Join Tad Roach, Learning and Engagement Specialist at the Equal Justice Initiative, for a discussion on the Legacy Sites and the power of historical research, truth-telling, repair, and healing. Together, we will consider how Stevenson’s model speaks...

Free First Thursday! Check out special exhibitions. Refreshments available. No tickets needed. Free or reduced cost access is supported by 4Culture.

Free First Thursday! Check out special exhibitions. Refreshments available. No tickets needed. Free or reduced cost access is supported by 4Culture.