Van Holocaust Centre

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The Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre is a teaching museum that delivers Holocaust-based anti-racism programming.

Vancouver, BC, Canada
vhec.org
Joined October 2009
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  1. 17 hours ago

    Yesterday, 300 students engaged with historian Dr. Lauren Rossi & VHEC Outreach Speaker & child survivor Alex Buckman @ the 5th annual symposium on the Holocaust in Delta. Many thanks to teacher coordinator Sharon Doyle and South Delta Secondary for hosting this important event

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  2. 20 hours ago

    Please join the VHEC tonight at 7pm in the JCC’s Wosk Auditorium as we commemorate Yom HaShoah. Holocaust survivors are invited to participate in the candle lighting ceremony.

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  3. Apr 9

    VHEC staff attended today’s opening of the Indian Residential School History & Dialogue Centre at UBC. The VHEC is proud to be a partner of the IRSHDC. More information can be found here:

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  4. Apr 3

    Please join the VHEC on Wednesday April 11th at 7pm in the JCC’s Wosk Auditorium as we commemorate Yom HaShoah. Holocaust survivors are invited to participate in the candle lighting ceremony.

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  5. Mar 29

    VHEC staff met with the BC Premier today as part of his visit with the Jewish Community Centre to discuss future community, educational and cultural initiatives. With

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  6. Mar 28

    Author Michael Fraiman interviewed VHEC survivor outreach speaker Mariette Doduck as part of this article about Canada’s Postwar Jewish Orphans. 2018 marks the 70th anniversary of the arrival of most of the orphans.

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  7. Mar 26

    This video was made by a student who engaged with VHEC Outreach Speakers Dr. Robert Krell & Mariette Doduck at the Tolerance Education Centre in Rancho Mirage CA. This month alone, 11,800 people were reached through VHEC Outreach Speakers

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  8. Mar 21

    Last week Holocaust Survivor and VHEC Outreach Speaker Robbie Waisman spoke to thousands of students in Winnipeg and Saskatoon, bringing an important message of remembrance and human rights. Watch the following CTV News clip to learn more:

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  9. Mar 21

    Today is International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The VHEC works toward a world free of antisemitism, discrimination and genocide, with social justice and human rights for all.

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  10. Jan 23

    In honour of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we remember the six million Jewish victims and millions of other victims of Nazi oppression. We must never forget and strive to promote genocide awareness through education and remembrance.

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    Jan 23

    Walking in Tromsø I saw this monument to the 17 Jews deported from this city to during the .

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    Jan 23

    Margaret Reid was working in the British Embassy in Berlin as persecution of Jews intensified. Through her efforts, processing visa applications to allow Jews to emigrate, Reid was instrumental in saving the lives of thousands.

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    Jan 23

    This week in a series of three Vlogs, Dr Anna Hájková explains why it is important to recognise the leading role of women involved in the rescue of Jewish refugees, focusing particularly on the story of Czech Jew Marie Schmolka:

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    Jan 23

    Should the Allies have bombed ? Was it possible? Dr. David Silberklang discusses the Auschwitz bombing controversy in context Watch here:

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    Jan 23

    What is the question that haunts you about the Holocaust? Tweet us using

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    Jan 23

    Don’t miss “Archives of the Second World War: Their Impact on History and Humanity” at on 1/29 @ 7pm and via livestream. Join us for a conversation about what has been discovered & what might still be left to uncover in the Vatican archives & beyond:

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    Jan 22

    View the Auschwitz Album The only visual evidence of the process leading to the mass murder.

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    Jan 21

    in 1942, the Jewish underground was established in the Vilna Ghetto. Explore our video toolbox on Jewish Resistance to learn how to teach about these remarkable events in your classroom.

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  19. Jan 22

    Dr Uma Kumar and Auschwitz survivor David Ehrlich will be speaking and addressing questions. International Holocaust Remembrance Day marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau on 27 January.

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  20. Jan 22

    Join us on Thursday 25, January for International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The VHEC is partnering with Hillel BC, & to remember the six million Jewish victims and millions of other victims of Nazism.

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