LEGISLATION

Legislation establishing a commission:

Bill: 143B-216.20
Title: North Carolina Council on the Holocaust
Date: 1981
Legislation:
This legislation funded the establishment of the North Carolina Holocaust Council stating, “The purpose of the Council is to prevent future atrocities similar to the systematic program of genocide of six million Jews and others by the Nazis. This purpose shall be accomplished by developing a program of education and observances of the Holocaust.”

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ACADEMIC STANDARDS

The World History Curriculum Document (2004):

Goal 6: Patterns of Social Order
The learner will investigate social and economic organization in various societies throughout time in order to understand the shifts in power and status that have occurred.
Terms/People specified in Goal 6 include:
Apartheid, Armenian genocide, Holocaust, Hutus and Tutsis, Nazism, Cambodia, Khmer Rouge, Yugoslavia
Thinking Skills & Activities specified in Goal 6 include:
e. Identify the impact of ideas of superiority and inferiority in Nazi Germany and in events such as genocide and apartheid.

These standards are optional in North Carolina.
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STATE RESOURCES

North Carolina Council on the Holocaust
N.C. Dept. of Public Instruction
301 N. Wilmington St., Raleigh, NC 27601
URL: www.ncpublicschools.org/holocaust_council
Contact: Linda Scher, Education Coordinator
E-mail: Brisket234@aol.com

Through its education programs and annual commemorations, the Council strives to help prevent atrocities similar to the systematic program of mass murder by the Nazis of six million Jews and others, including gypsies (Roma), homosexuals, handicapped persons, and religious and political dissidents, from 1933 to 1945.

Appalachian State University’s Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies
P.O. Box 32146
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
URL: http://www.holocaust.appstate.edu/index.html
Phone: 828.262.2311
E-mail: holocaust@appstate.edu
Contacts: Dr. Rennie Brantz, Co-Director or Dr. Zohara Boyd, Co-Director

Located administratively within the College of Arts and Sciences, the Center seeks to strengthen tolerance, understanding, and remembrance by increasing the knowledge of Jewish culture and history, teaching the history and meaning of the Holocaust, and utilizing these experiences to explore peaceful avenues for human improvement.

The Center for Diversity Education
104 A Carmichael Hall
1 University Heights, CPO 1605
Asheville NC 28808
URL: http://www.diversityed.org/choosing.html
Phone: 828.232.5024
Contact: Mandy Carter, Program Director
E-mail: mcarter@unca.edu

The Center for Diversity Education (CDE), located on the campus of UNC Asheville, works each year with over 15,000 students, teachers and citizens in area schools and community organizations across WNC. Through exhibits, theatrical performances, field trips, loaned materials and other programming initiatives, the Center strives to increase the ways diversity is covered in the classroom and the general community.

Eastern North Carolina Holocaust Project
University Honors Program
East Carolina University
Brewster D-107
Greenville, NC 27858
Phone: 252.328.6373
URL: http://www.ecu.edu/lib/Reference/holocaust.cfm
Contact: Dr. Michael F. Bassman, Director
E-mail: bassmanm@ecu.edu

The Eastern North Carolina Holocaust Project, located at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, is an educational and research resource for the people of eastern North Carolina.

Levy-Loewenstein Holocaust Collection at Greensboro College
James Addison Jones Library, Greensboro College
815 West Market Street
Greensboro, NC 27401-1875
Contact: Professor Richard F. Crane
Phone: 336.272.7102, ext. 305
E-mail: craner@gborocollege.edu.
URL: http://levyloewenstein.gborocollege.edu/collectiongoal.htm

The Levy-Loewenstein Holocaust Collection was established by Richard and Jane Levy to provide Greensboro College students with a complete and up-to-date collection of publications on Holocaust history. The Levy-Loewenstein Holocaust Collection is located on the top floor of the James Addison Jones Library at Greensboro College.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
301 North Wilmington St.
Raleigh, NC 27601
Phone: 919.807.3300
URL: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/