Happy New Year!

Dear Friends and Supporters: Happy New Year! We hope that 2023 is off to a happy, healthy start for all of you. As we prepare for the new year, the Board of Directors and staff at the Holocaust Education Resource Council are proud of all that has been accomplished to...
Telling the Story

Telling the Story

If We Don’t Tell These Stories No One Else Will and It Could Happen Again. Son of Holocaust survivor supports education to ensure stories are told. Mark Friedemann, of Tallahassee, believes in the vital importance of telling Holocaust survival stories, including that...
Featuring Holocaust Survivor Edith

Featuring Holocaust Survivor Edith

Edith Eger was born in Kosice, Slovakia on September 29, 1927. Her family was sent to Auschwitz in 1944, where her parents, Lajos and Ilona Elefant, died. After surviving Auschwitz, Edith moved to Czechoslovakia where she met her husband, Bela Eger, and had her first...
by Sydney Siegel

by Sydney Siegel

I am proud to say one of my best friends is a 90-year-old Holocaust survivor named Rose Richman. At the beginning of our friendship in 2020 when the whole world was shut down, I called Rose because I knew she was lonely and I had the ability to cheer her up even with...
The Annual Remembrance Dinner

The Annual Remembrance Dinner

The Annual Remembrance Dinner on October 25th showed the capacity filled room the importance of the HERC mission and teaching about the Holocaust today. Teachers that attended appreciated the opportunity thanks to sponsorships. The guests were captivated by Honoree...