LEGISLATION

There is no relevant legislation.
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ACADEMIC STANDARDS

Social Studies Performance Standard C: Political Science and Citizenship
Performance Standards- Grade 12:

C.12.15 Describe and analyze the origins and consequences of slavery, genocide, and other forms of persecution, including the Holocaust.

These standards are mandatory in Wisconsin.
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STATE RESOURCES

New American Club
Phone: 414.464.9479 or 305.935.3517
Contact: Israel Wolnerman

Founded in 1950 by survivors of the Holocaust, the club supports Israeli orphans and provides speakers for interested groups.

Generation After
Mequon, WI
Phone: 262.242.9093
Contact: Sandy Hoffman

Generation After is an organization of individuals whose parent or parents survived the Holocaust, as well as other individuals devoted to the mission of Holocaust remembrance and education. Instrumental in gathering video testimonies of area survivors and in founding the Holocaust Resource Center, Generation After continues to be involved in Holocaust related activities. Remembrance and community education is facilitated by involvement in the Holocaust Education & Resource Center’s Speaker’s Bureau and ongoing commitment to the annual community Yom HaShoah Commemoration.

Nathan and Esther Peltz Holocaust Education Resource Center
6255 N. Santa Monica Blvd.
Milwaukee, WI 53217-3877
Phone: 414.963.2719
URL: http://www.cjlmilwaukee.org
Contact: Bonnie Shafrin, Director
E-mail: bonnies@milwaukeejewish.org

The Resource Center is dedicated to communicating the important lessons of the Holocaust to people of all races and religious beliefs so that understanding and mutual respect can be perpetuated. The Holocaust Center is a part of the Coalition for Jewish Learning, the education program of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
125 S. Webster Street
P.O. Box 7841
Madison, WI 53707-7841
Phone: 800.441.4563
URL: http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/index.html