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Nebraska Holocaust Memorial

 

In a special arrangement with the Heartland Holocaust Education Fund, the Institute for Holocaust Education will now oversee the educational initiatives at the Nebraska Holocaust Memorial site at the Wyuka Cemetery in Lincoln.

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Visit the Nebraska Holocaust Memorial website.

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For Educators

 

Each year, the IHE works with approximately 200 teachers and provides at least four teacher workshops in Omaha and three more outside of Omaha.  The IHE creates and distributes age-appropriate resources for teaching the Holocaust that span multiple areas of study including social studies, literature and art. The Institute serves as a central location in Nebraska for obtaining accurate information about the Holocaust.

After attending workshops, teachers leave with curricula and lesson plans, and, perhaps more importantly, instructions for proper methods of teaching the Holocaust - and a network of educators for support.  Workshops are lead by the IHE’s Executive Director, Beth Dotan, and often include noteworthy guest-lecturers.  Previous workshops have included:

  • A History of Kristallnacht
  • Children in the Holocaust & Spiritual Resistance
  • Echoes & Reflections: A Multimedia Curriculum on the Holocaust (produced by the Anti-Defamation League, the USC Shoah Foundation Institute and Yad Vashem - The Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remeberance Authority)
  • Eyewitness to Genocide

For Curriculum Units, click here.

View our Guidelines for a Holocaust Survivor Visit to learn how to prepare for such an occasion.

For information on The Tribute to the Rescuers essay contest, click here.