HERC’s 2025 Washington D.C. Principals Trip

HERC’s 2025 Washington D.C. Principals Trip

From June 2 to 4, 2025, a group of 11 administrators from Leon County Schools in Tallahassee, Florida, traveled to Washington, D.C. to visit to the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum...

Changing Hearts and Minds with Education

After returning from the second trip with Leon County School Administrators, many hearts and minds were changed. The education experience was an eye opener for everyone, in many ways. On June 2nd-4th, the group left for Washington, DC to visit the National Museum of...
Gerda Weissmann Klein

Gerda Weissmann Klein

As the world commemorates the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Nazi concentration camps and the end of World War II in Europe, the story of Gerda Weissmann Klein continues to resonate as one of the most powerful testaments to human resilience, dignity, and hope...
Absent Yet Present During  the Holocaust

Absent Yet Present During the Holocaust

Traveling for a week to Poland on the 80th Anniversary of Liberation left me with many questions. By taking this important journey, it showed me we must build hope for tomorrow. As the child of Holocaust survivors and Holocaust Director, what I saw was difficult to...
Swift Creek Middle School  Visit from HERC

Swift Creek Middle School Visit from HERC

On February 18th, The Holocaust Education Resource Council (HERC) visited Swift Creek Middle School and presented to 300 students a program telling the story of one family’s experience of fleeing from Nazi Germany and escaping to the Shanghai Ghetto during the...