The New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education is a government agency of the

U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sover ...

New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...

. Its core mission is to promote

Holocaust The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe; a ...

education throughout the state by surveying, designing, encouraging and promoting Holocaust and

genocide education Genocide education refers to education about patterns and trends in the phenomenon of genocide and/or about the causes, nature and impact of particular instances of genocide. Educating about genocide in Rwanda Recent Rwanda history curricula expl ...

and awareness. It also provides programs and coordinates events to memorialize The Holocaust.and provides curriculum Guides on a variety of Topics The Commission presents "The Hela Young Award" each year "to honor a person in recognition of outstanding work in the community for the improvement of human relations among diverse peoples and for the improvement of the human condition." The award is named for

Hela Yungst Hela Yungst Hochman (January 15, 1950 - February 24, 2002), also known as Hela Young, was an American television entertainer and beauty pageant winner. She was a promoter of Holocaust awareness and a former president of the New Jersey Commission ...

, a former television entertainer and beauty pageant winner, and past president of the Commission. In 2016 Paul B.Winkler died. He had been the executive director of the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education since 1975.

Curriculum Guides Examples

*K-4 Holocaust/Genocide Curriculum Guide Caring Makes a Difference *5-8 Holocaust/Genocide Curriculum Guide To Honor All Children *9-12 Holocaust/Genocide Curriculum Guide The Holocaust and Genocide:The Betrayal of Humanity *The Cambodian Curriculum

References

External links

Official websiteHolocaust, Genocide & Human Rights Education Center at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft, NJ
State agencies of New Jersey, Holocaust Education Educational organizations based in the United States Government agencies established in 1991 1991 establishments in New Jersey Holocaust-related organizations {{NewJersey-stub