Russian Research and Educational Holocaust Center

The Russian Research and Educational Holocaust Center was founded in 1992 in Moscow and has since then been working on awareness raising of the

.

Responsibilities and activities

The main tasks of the Center comprise historical research, conducting memorial services, the incorporation of the Holocaust topic into the curricula of secondary schools and universities, promoting the formation of opinions as well as interviews with contemporary witnesses. The Center, furthermore, organizes regular exhibitions.

The Holocaust Center addressed itself to inform the Russian public about the genocide of Jews. The foundation of this goal is the specialist library, where a large number of publications relating to the

. It also offers its own seminar room with a permanent documentary exhibition. Furthermore, temporary exhibitions are also held from time to time.

The most important target group for the Centers educational programs are teachers. New projects are constantly being developed and implemented in order to enable teachers to participate in specific courses and pass their newly gained knowledge to their students. This initiative intends to counteract

anti-Semitism

and to raise awareness for the events of the past through education.

Meetings of the discussion group "Unknown Holocaust", the Youth Center and the Association of the

victims of the Holocaust

and the heroes of the Resistance. Government leaders also participate in these events, which evokes a strong response from the society and the media. [1]

Direction

The Center is under the direction of Alla Gerber, a writer and journalist and former member of the State Duma, who is currently president of the foundation and co-chairman of the center, and co-chairman Ilya Altman, who is a well-known historian and archivist. Henri Reznik, a famous Russian lawyer, is chairman of the board, which includes other personalities form the fields of economy, science, culture and politics.

International cooperations

The network of foreign partners constitutes a key element for the work of the Holocaust Center, especially as a research and educational institution. The Center works in close cooperation with several foreign organizations:

Apart from an intensive collaboration with Yad Vashem, which allowed the realization of several seminars and educational programs, the Center cooperates with the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Hereby the publication of the book "Antisemitism: The Generic Hatred" was realized. Additionally, the Center has close ties with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington D.C., where Russian teachers annually take part in educational seminars. Other important partners are the Anne Frank Foundation and the University of Gothenburg (Sweden). Moreover, the Center participates in important international conferences such as the Stockholm Forum. Many of its partner institutions are based in German speaking countries, such as the

. For many years the Center has successfully been working together with Germany-based also among the younger generations. Moreover, the Holocaust Center is supported by numerous German, English, Israeli and other international foundations.

See also

• Holocaust research
• The Holocaust in Russia
• The Holocaust in Ukraine
• History of the Jews in the Soviet Union
• Babi Yar

References

External links

• Russian Research and Educational Holocaust Center (RREHC)
• Russian-Jewish Congress
• Action Reconciliation Service for Peace (ARSP)
• Austrian Service Abroad