The Zekelman HOLOCAUST CENTER
The Zekelman HOLOCAUST CENTER
28123 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills
The Holocaust was the state-sponsored, systematic persecution and annihilation of European Jewry by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945.
In addition to the murder of approximately 6,000,000 Jews, millions more, including persons with disabilities, Poles, Roma and Sinti (Gypsies), gay men, Jehovah’s Witnesses, prisoners of war, and political dissidents, also suffered grievous oppression and death under Nazi tyranny.
The Holocaust Memorial Center honors as survivors any persons, Jewish or non-Jewish, who were displaced, persecuted, or discriminated against due to the racial, religious, ethnic, social, and political policies of the Nazis and their collaborators Source: www.holocaustcenter.org
The number of people murdered during the Holocaust staggers the mind. We strain to grasp its scale. How many football stadiums would 6,000,000 people fill? What percentage of the population was it? We can ask these questions, tabulate the answers, and still struggle to fathom what 6 million people means.The Zekelman Holocaust Center translates the statistic of 6 million into individual stories, striving to talk about each individual as the person with a face, a name, and a life.
The wedding ring you are looking at was found at the Dachau Concentration Camp. All we can know about it is that it belonged to somebody there. Was it a man or a woman? Was it someone young and full of romance and dreams, or someone older full of wisdom and memories? Where did he or she come from? How did they get to Dachau? What was their fate? Whoever it was had been living a meaningful life – one with successes and failures and laughter and tears. A life not entirely different from yours or mine.
from HMC blog post 10/2020
Journey Resources
Attitudes and Values Lead to Actions
Eli Wiesel: “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” Watch a recording of this essential RDJ Zoom-visit to the Holocaust Memorial Center.
Things that Don’t Belong In a Box: PEOPLE
Othering vs Belonging: What strategies will you use to help others feel safe, connected and welcome
Inside the Glass Case
What do I see? What’s going on here? How does it make me feel? What is this? What does seeing it teach me about history?
IWitness: Survivor Stories from the USC Shoah Foundation
Meet four different men and women who survived unthinkable tragedy. Lean about their personal stories from their own recorded words.
Can Talking About Broccoli and Carrots Stop Prejudice?
Science Says Yes!
One Field Trip. RDJ Alumna Aleena Malik Explains.
Aleena Malik, is a sophomore at Troy High School. In the seventh grade, she participated in RDJ. Alina will always remember RDJ opened her mind to different religions and hopes that more of her peers can find additional ways to dispel myths and misinformation.
The Kappy Family Anne Frank and Elie Wiesel Night Art & Writing Competition
The message I intend to deliver with this piece is that everyone has a responsibility to help others. No matter their race, religion, gender, etc., we are all human and should support each other in times of need. What choices have you made? Did you step up when you should have? The world could be a million times more wonderful, all from one person... Are you that person? Audrey Hollenbaugh Marine City High School
