OUR MISSION STATEMENT:  The Holocaust Education Committee of the Greater Quad City Area (HEC) exists to promote a higher awareness of the Holocaust as a unique historical event with universal implications for today.

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Yom HaShoah

2011

Walter W. Reed, Yom HaShoah Guest, will speak at Geifman Lecture at Augustana College in Wallenberg Hall on Monday, May 2, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. 

 

In Memoriam
a short history lesson

 Teachers' Institute on Holocaust Study 2011

Sec. 27-20.3 Holocaust and Genocide Study

Japanese American Internment Program:  April 4, 2011 @ St. Ambrose
Click to see the brochure.

Yom HaShoah: In

formation on Survivor 

2007 Teachers' Institute on Holocaust Study (a PhotoStory)

The Jeff Leibovitz Special Collection of Holocaust Education Materials
Winner of Excellence in Multicultural Leadership

Course @ St. Ambrose

Irena's Children

 Film and Discussion:
Prisoner of Her Past
Wed., April 27, 2011 @ The Figge

Angels in the Dark
Survival in the Sewers of Lvov

Facing History and Ourselves

Anne Frank's Unstilled Voice

Hiram Bingham IV: Posthumous Award for "Constructive Dissent"

Cong. Bachus Helps Tell
an Untold Holocaust Story

 

A Book By Me:  Holocaust Never Again Book Series

 

Interview with Eva Schloss

Something to Think About...

Beyond Kristallnacht:  Lessons for Today

 

Kristallnacht Workshops (Graduate Credit)

The Forgotten Whistle-blower Who Saved Jews from Hitler

The Mexican Schindler

 

Holocaust Hero Turns 100 Years Old

News Release:  William Zachar's Album of News Clippings

Chiune Sugihara

A Closer Look at Lyndon B. Johnson

 

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Last updated: 3 November 2011