The Holocaust Resource Center

March Newsletter

Remembering the Past, Honoring the Present, Shaping the Future

Check out our March newsletter for updates on our upcoming opportunities during the spring semester. For more information or to recommend items for inclusion, please contact Madeline Zech, HRC Graduate Research Assistant, at zechm@kean.edu.

Are you in the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program?

Current Post-Bacc Students:

We kindly ask current post-bacc students to share this flyer with colleagues and educators who may be interested in the program. Your support helps us expand Holocaust education opportunities!

Prospective Post-Bacc Students:

If you are interested in beginning the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Teaching the Holocaust and Prejudice Reduction, now is the time to begin your application for Fall 2026.

Please contact Dr. Adara Goldberg for more information: agoldber@kean.edu

Are you graduating?

If you are graduating from the Post-Baccalaureate program, you are closer to a master's degree than you might think! By completing the Post-Bacc, you've already finished 1/3 of the Holocaust and Genocide Studies M.A. program.

The program offers:

Advanced coursework
Curricula development
Opportunities for professional development
Engagement with visiting scholars and faculty
Pathways to education, history, museum curating, and human rights work

Please contact Dr. Jacob Flaws for more information: jacob.flaws@kean.edu

Yom HaShoah Commemoration

Monday, April 13, 2026, at 5:00pm EST at the STEM Building, Kean University

Please join us for dinner and thoughtful conversation, along with resources to support Holocaust education. Attendees will receive a complimentary book. The evening will continue with the 7:00pm Yom HaShoah Community Commemoration.

The Yom HaShoah Community Commemoration will feature a performance by Anne Frank Center USA, Plenty of Courage, as well as student readings and a candle lighting ceremony in memory of the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust.

Educator Registration

On the Bookshelf

The HRC is home to the largest Holocaust literature collection in New Jersey, with over 8,000 printed books. It doesn’t stop there; we also have an oral history collection of more than 210 testimonies of survivors, rescuers, and liberators who relocated to the New Jersey/New York area following the war. Each month, we will highlight a newer book to the collection to share with the community.

Chocolate the Taste of Freedom

Chocolate the Taste of Freedom is written by Holocaust survivor Maud Peper Dahme. Of the 1.6 million Jewish children who lived in Europe before WWII, only 100,000 survived the Holocaust. Most were hidden children. Dahme was one of those hidden children, hidden from the Nazis by righteous Gentiles in the Netherlands. Chocolate, the Taste of Freedom chronicles not only the wartime adventures of Dahme but also her post-war experiences -- reunion with parents, immigration, U.S. schools, marriage, and Holocaust education advocacy.

Chocolate the Taste of Freedom is part of our classroom book set collection. Classroom book sets are available for a four-week loan period free of charge to the Council on Global Education and Citizenship members. Each set contains 30 copies of the book, lesson plans, and additional resources and reading where available.

For more information, please contact: hrc@kean.edu

View All Classroom Book Sets Here

Art Contest

Anne Frank and Children of the Holocaust

The Holocaust Resource Center and Kean Galleries invite students in grades 6-12 to submit original physical artwork inspired by Anne Frank and Children of the Holocaust for our 2026 Art Contest. Artwork can include paintings, drawings, sculptures, mixed media, etc. No digital or virtual submissions available at this time.

Submissions are due by March 30, 2026. Students' artwork will be displayed in the Human Rights Institute Gallery at Kean University for the month of April. Visitors will vote for their favorite pieces, and awards will be presented in early May.

Please note all artwork must be delivered to the Holocaust Resource Center - Library Room 206, Kean University, 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083 during business hours, Monday-Friday 9am-5pm.

Artwork Submissions