LEGISLATION

Legislation mandating genocide education:
UNFUNDED MANDATE

Bill: S-7765
Title: An Act to Amend The Education Law, In Relation To Instruction On Subjects Of Human Rights Violations, Genocide, Slavery, And The Holocaust
Date: July 10, 1994
Legislation:
“The board of education and trustees of several cities and school districts of the state shall require instruction to be given in such courses, by the teachers employed in the schools therein. All pupils attending such schools, over the age of eight years, shall attend upon such instruction. Similar courses of instruction shall be prescribed and maintained in private schools in the state, and all pupils in such schools over the age of eight years of age shall attend upon such courses. If such courses are not so established and maintained in a private school, attendance upon instruction in such schools shall not be deemed as substantially equivalent to instruction given in the public schools of the city or district in which such pupils reside. 3. The regents shall determine the subjects to be included in such courses of instruction on patriotism (and ) citizenship and human rights issues, with particular attention to the study of the inhumanity of genocide, slavery and the Holocaust and in the history, meaning, significance and effect of the provisions of the constitution of the United States , the amendments thereto, the declaration of independence, the constitution of the state of New York and the amendments thereto, and the period of instruction in each of the grades in such subjects. They shall adopt rules providing for attendance upon such instruction and for other matters as are required for carrying into effect the objects and purposes of this section.”

FULL TEXT
Contact: JoAnn Larson
Phone: 518.474.5922
E-mail: jlarson@mail.nysed.gov
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ACADEMIC STANDARDS

Social Studies: Core Curriculum (1999):

Curriculum Part 1
Grade 6 Social Studies, Content Understandings
History of Eastern Hemisphere nations
- The crime of genocide crosses cultures and eras. Jews and other groups experienced devastation at the hands of Nazi Germany.

Grades 7-8 Social Studies: United States and New York State History
Unit Ten: The United States Assumes Worldwide Responsibilities
I. World War II
Content Outline
E. New aspects of the war
5. The Nazi Holocaust
H. Impact of the war
1. Entire countries were physically and demographically devastated-effects of physical and human geographic factors
2. Millions of families suffered the loss of loved ones
3. The Nazi Holocaust-Hitler’s “Final Solution”; worldwide horror; human rights violations
4. United States response to the Holocaust: Fort Ontario; Oswego, New York

Curriculum Part 2
Global History and Geography
Unit Six: A Half Century Of Crisis And Achievement (1900 - 1945)
D. World War II-causes and impact
1. Human and physical geography
2. The Nazi and Japanese states
3. Key individuals-Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt
4. Key events-Dunkirk, the Blitz, D-Day, Hitler’s second front, the war in the Pacific
5. The Nazi Holocaust: the extermination of Jews, Poles, other Slavs, Gypsies, disabled, and others

Unit Seven: The 20th Century Since 1945
- What impact did the failure of democracy in Germany in the 1930s and 1940s play in post-World War II Germany?
- What did Germany learn from its Holocaust experience?

United State History
Unit Six: The United States In An Age Of Global Crisis: Responsibility And Cooperation
I. Peace In Peril: 1933 - 1950
C. The United States in World War II
5. The war’s impact on minorities
c. The Nazi Holocaust: United States and world reactions
d. The Nuremberg war crimes trials; later trials of other Nazi criminals, e.g., Eichmann, Barbie

Social Studies Learning Standards (1996):
Standard 1- History of the United States and New York
(Understanding of the standard is evident when students can…)
- Undertake case studies to research violations of basic civil and human rights and case studies of genocide. Use examples from United States, New York State, and world history. Case studies might include chattel slavery and the Nazi Holocaust. Other civil and human rights violations might focus on the mass starvation in Ireland (1845-50), the forced relocation of Native American Indians, and the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.

Standard 2-World History
(Understanding of the standard is evident when students can…)
- Study about an event or development in world history (e.g., the early civilizations, the age of exchange and global expansion, the industrial revolution, political and social revolutions, imperialism and colonization, case studies of genocide and human rights violations, world wars) by analyzing accounts written by eyewitnesses to the event or development; compare the eyewitness accounts with reports and narratives written by historians after the event or development
- Prepare narratives that describe important historic events and developments (e.g., beginnings of human societies; global exploration and expansion; scientific, technological, and intellectual achievements; social and political reform; revolution; case studies of genocide and human rights violations) from the perspectives of the individuals and groups who witnessed them.

These standards are mandatory in New York.
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STATE RESOURCES

Jewish Community Federation of Greater Rochester, Center for Holocaust Awareness and Information (CHAI)
441 East Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607
URL: http://www.jewishrochester.org
Barbara Appelbaum
Phone: 585.461.0490
E-mail: bappelbaum@jewishrochester.org

The Jewish Community Federation’s Center for Holocaust Awareness and Information (CHAI) works to ensure that the Holocaust and its lessons are not forgotten. Its acronym, CHAI, meaning “life” in Hebrew, reflects the mission of The Center, to keep alive the memory of the Holocaust through the life stories of local survivors and their families.

Holocaust Memorial Committee of Brooklyn
60 West End Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11235
URL: http://www.thmc.org
Contact: Robert Bielsky
Phone: 718.743.3636
E-mail: hmc.org@aol.com

The first public Holocaust memorial, park and outdoor museum in New York.

Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Project/Nassau Community College
English Department
Nassau Community College
Garden City, NY
Contact: Dr. Florence Dee Boodakian
Phone: 516.572.8101
E-mail: deeboof@ncc.edu

The Rosenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies/CUNY
Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York - Suite 520
365 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10016
Contact: Dr. Randolph L. Braham
Phone: 212.817.1949
E-mail: rbraham@gc.cuny.edu

The Rosenthal Institute pursues interrelated research, publications, and educational programs on the Holocaust. The Institute also coordinates occasional in-service courses for teachers, offers special as well as scheduled public lectures, videotapes survivor testimonies, sponsors a limited number of fellowships to young scholars, responds to public inquiries about Holocaust-related matters, and publishes monographs in its Holocaust Studies Series.

Holocaust Genocide Studies Project, Monroe Community College
1100 East Henrietta Road
Rochester, NY 14623
URL: http://www.monroecc.edu/depts/holocaust/
Contact: Prof. Charles R. Clarke
Phone: 585.292.3345
E-mail: cclarke@monroecc.edu

Holocaust Resource Center and Archives - Queensborough Community College/CUNY
222-05 56th Avenue
Bayside, NY 11364
URL: http://www.qcc.cuny.edu/hrca
Contact: Dr. Arthur Flug
Phone: 718.281.5770
E-mail: hrc@qcc.cuny.edu

The mission of this center is to provide programs and resources in order to remember the victims and the lives of their families, to education the generations to come about the ramifications of prejudice, racism, anti-Semitism and stereotyping in any society, and to encourage an awareness of the value of diversity in a pluralistic society.

Kindertransport Association, Inc.
36 Dean Street
Hicksville, NY 11801-5852
URL: http://kindertransport.org
Contact: Kurt Goldberger
Phone: 516.938.6084
E-mail: margkurt@aol.com

Mission: To locate, reunite, and bring together those individuals who, many years ago, were directly involved in the Kindertransport and who have since emigrated to North America; to educate and inform the “Next Generation,” as well as the public in general, regarding the story of the Kindertransport as an important part of Holocaust History; to be involved with charitable work, particularly as it pertains to needy children without parents, regardless of race, creed, color or religion.

International March of the Living, Inc.
136 East 39th Street
New York, NY 10016
URL: http://www.motl.org
Contact: Yosef Kedem
Phone: 212.252.0900
E-mail: motl@motlmail.org

The march of the living is an international, educational program that brings Jewish teens from all over the world to Poland on Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Memorial Day, to march from Auschwitz to Birkenau, the largest concentration camp complex built during World War II, and then to Israel to observe Yom HaZikaron, Israel Memorial Day, and Yom Ha’Atzmaut, Israel Independence Day. The goal of the March of the Living is for these young people to learn the lessons of the Holocaust and to lead the Jewish people into the future vowing Never Again.

Holocaust Resource Center, Kingsborough Community College
2001 Oriental Boulevard
Brooklyn, NY 11235
Contact: Dr. Bernard Klein
E-mail: bklein@kbcc.cuny.edu

International Association of Lesbian and Gay Children of Holocaust Survivors
c/oCBST
57 Bethune Street
New York, NY 10014
URL: http://www.infotrue.com/gay.html
Contact: Rick Landman
Phone: 212.929.9498
E-mail: info@infotrue.com

Mission: 1) To remind others in the “Holocaust Community” that Hitler’s wrath began with the persecution of homosexuals. 2) To remember the significance of the lives (and their contributions) of a previous generation of homosexuals who perished or who persecuted in the Holocaust. 3) To provide support and friendship to all lesbian, gay and bisexual children who share this unique influence on their lives. 4) To remind and educate others in the “Holocaust Community” that some of their family members may also be gay or lesbian, and that a better understanding of human differences should be learned from the Holocaust experience.

Westchester Holocaust Education Center
2900 Purchase Street
Purchase, NY 10577
URL: http://www.holocausteducationctr.org
Contact: Richard Laster
Phone: 914.696.0738
E-mail: whc@bestweb.net

The Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center, formally know as the Westchester Holocaust Education Center, is an interfaith, not-for-profit organization, serving Westchester, Fairfield and Putnam counties, to encourage and enhance teaching and learning about the Holocaust and its human rights lessons for today.

Jasenovac Research Institute
P.O. Box 10-0674
Brooklyn, NY 11210
URL: http://www.jasenovac.org
Contact: Barry M. Lituchy
Phone: 718.338.2576
E-mail: info@jasenovac.org

The Jasenovac Research Institute is a non-profit human rights organization and research institute committed to establishing the truth about the Holocaust in Yugoslavia and dedicated to the search for justice for its victims. The JRI promotes research and activities designed to enlighten the world to the crimes of genocide committed at Jasenovac and wartime Yugoslavia against Serbs, Jews and Romas and provides assistance to all groups and individuals who likewise seek justice for these victims.

A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place
New York, NY 10280
URL: http://www.mjhnyc.org
Contact: Dr. David C. Marwell
Phone: 646.437.4200
E-mail: executive@mjhnyc.org

In the Museum’s core exhibition, personal objects, photographs, and original films illustrate the story of Jewish heritage in the twentieth century. The Museum’s unique collection forms the solid foundation of this important archive, a significant educational resource for students, teachers, and scholars. In addition, the collection provides source materials for permanent and temporary exhibitions, and for traveling exhibitions.

Thanks to Scandinavia
165 East 56th Street
New York, NY 10022
Website: http://www.thankstoscandanavia.org
Contact: Richard Netter
Phone: 212.891.1403
E-mail: tts@ajc.org

Founded by Danish entertainer Victor Borge and New York attorney Richard Netter in 1963, Thanks To Scandinavia provides dozens of scholarships for students and teachers from Scandinavia and Bulgaria each year in gratitude for the heroic rescue and protection of Jews in Europe during the Second World War.

Holocaust Resource Center
333 Searingtown Road
Manhasset, NY 11030
URL: http://eev.liu.edu/EEVillage/HolocaustReCtr/HoloResCtr.htm
Contact: Irving Roth
Phone: 516.621.8049
E-mail: irving.roth@tjudea.org

The mission of the Center is to educate young and old on the evils of prejudice, to teach the lessons of the Holocaust and to combat ignorance, hatred and violence.

Suffolk Center on the Holocaust, Diversity, and Human Understanding, Inc.
533 College Road
Selden, NY 11784
URL: http://www.chdhu.org
Contact: Steven Schrier
Phone: 631.451.4700
E-mail: schriers@sunysuffolk.edu

CHDHU maintains significant collections of original materials that document the Holocaust and chronicle slavery in America. CHDHU’s mission is to educate the community on historical events and acts of genocide, such as the Holocaust, and on human rights atrocities, such as slavery, to teach and demonstrate approaches to preventing such acts and events from occurring in the future, and to foster peaceful coexistence in our community.

Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo
1050 Maryvale Drive
Cheektowaga, NY 14225
URL: http://www.holocaustcenterbuff.com
Contact: Sylvia Schwartz
Phone: 716.634.9535
E-mail: hrc1050@aol.com

The Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo is a non-profit agency that deals primarily in helping educate the community of Western New York State on the Holocaust 1933-1945.

Holocaust Resource Center, Manhattan College
Manhattan College
Bronx, NY 10471
URL: http://home.manhattan.edu/~holcent/
Contact: Frederick M. Schweitzer
Phone: 718.862.7143
E-mail: fschweit@manhattan.edu

The Center’s mission is to educate people about the Holocaust and its significance for the present. The primary audiences are the College community, the neighborhood, and teachers and future teachers in the surrounding area.

Holocaust Survivors and Friends Education Center
800 New Loudon Road
Suite #400
Latham, NY 12110
URL: http://www.holocausteducation.org
Contact: Shelly Zima Shapiro
Phone: 518.785.0035
E-mail: hsfec@crisny.org

The Center’s mission is to educate about how prejudice led to genocide in the Holocaust utilizing survivor testimony as a means to combat racism and bigotry today.

Anne Frank Center USA
38 Crosby Street
Suite 5R
New York, NY 10013
URL: http://www.annefrank.com
Contact: Yvonne Simons
Phone: 212.431.7993
E-mail: mgeary@annefrank.com

The Anne Frank Center USA is a not-for-profit organization that promotes the universal message of tolerance by developing and disseminating a variety of educational programs, including exhibitions, workshops, and special events.

The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous
305 7th Avenue, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10001-6008
URL: http://www.jfr.org
Contact: Stanlee J. Stahl
Phone: 212.727.9955
E-mail: jfr@jfr.org

The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous was established to fulfill the traditional Jewish commitment to hakarat hatov, the searching out and recognition of goodness. The Foundation provides financial assistance to aged and needy non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. The Foundation also educates teachers and students about the history of the Holocaust and rescue.

Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation
36 West 44th Street
Suite 310
New York, NY 10036
URL: http://www.ajcf.org
Contact: Anna Thomas
Phone: 212.575.1050
E-mail: info@ajcf.org

The Auschwitz Jewish Center opened its doors in 2000 to Jews and non-Jews alike with a two-fold mission: To provide a place for individuals and groups from around the world to learn about the vibrancy of Jewish culture through exhibits, lectures, and educational programs; and to serve as a haven where visitors to the Auschwitz-Birkenau camps can memorialize Jewish victims of the Holocaust and commemorate the rich Jewish-Polish life and culture eradicated during WWII.

Simon Wiesenthal New York Tolerance Center
226 East 42nd Street
New York, NY 10017
URL: http://www.wiesenthal.com/site/pp.asp?c=fwLYKnN8LzH&b=242506
Contact: Mark Weitzman
Phone: 212.697.1180
E-mail: taskforce@swcny.com

The New York Tolerance Center, in the heart of Manhattan, is a professional development multi-media training facility targeting educators, law enforcement officials, and state/local government practitioners. Modeled after the successful Tools for Tolerance Program at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, the Tolerance Center provides participants with an intense educational and experiential daylong training program. Through interactive workshops, exhibits, and videos, individuals explore issues of prejudice, diversity, tolerance, and cooperation in the workplace and in the community.

Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County
Welwyn Preserve
100 Crescent Beach Road
Glen Cove, NY 11542
URL: http://www.holocaust-nassau.org
Contact: Dr. Regina T. White
Phone: 516.571.8040
E-mail: drrwhite@holocaust-nassau.org

The mission of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County is to teach the Holocaust, a unique catastrophe that reflects the horrors of anti-Semitism, and to demonstrate the destructive nature of prejudice, hatred, apathy, and violence against all minorities. The Center seeks to promote an awareness and understanding of the tragic lessons of the Holocaust; to engender a commitment to actively resist discrimination and intolerance; and to nurture respect for the uniqueness of every human being in order to better enable people to live together in peace and harmony.

Program in Holocaust and Human Rights Studies- Yeshiva University
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Yeshiva University
55 Fifth Avenue at 12th Street
New York, NY 10003
URL: http://www.cardozo.yu.edu/phhrs/
Contact: Sheri Rosenberg, Deputy Director
Phone: 212.790.0455
E-mail:sprosenb@yu.edu

It has a mission to engage in legal education, scholarly research and publication, and advocacy on issues related to the Holocaust, genocide prevention, and international human rights. It receives guidance from a distinguished advisory board, assembled from among leading national and international lawyers, scholars, and professionals in the field of international human rights.

Holocaust Museum and Study Center
17 South Madison Avenue
Spring Valley, NY
URL: http://www.holocauststudies.org
Contact : Rabbi Michael Gisser
Phone: 845.356.2700
E-mail: Museum@holocauststudies.org

The Holocaust Museum & Study Center (HMSC) is committed to the goals of education and commemoration. Its mission is to educate, examine and explore the history of the Holocaust with authenticity, dignity, and compassion. This mission is accomplished through educational programs, lectures, exhibitions, teacher training seminars and commemoration ceremonies that will insure that the profound lessons of the Holocaust will not be forgotten, and will not be repeated. Within the context of this mission, the lessons of cultural diversity, mutual respect and understanding of the other are emphasized.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

New York Department of Education
89 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12234
URL: http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/