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We want to take a moment to describe our mission, purpose and goals
To articulate what we do and why we feel so committed to the history, vision, purpose and daily work of the HHRC
Reach and Impact
• The HHRC’s statewide programming reaches thousands of students annually, creating sustained, measurable impact in classrooms.
• As Maine’s only dedicated Holocaust and human rights education center, the HHRC provides accessible, research-based instruction at no cost to schools.
• We provide more than 100 programs each year—statewide and free of charge—to Maine students, teachers, and communities.
• Our educators drove over 10,000 miles last year to deliver programs from Fort Kent to Kittery, making sure no part of Maine is left out.
• We grew our educational offerings from 7 to 17 distinct programs in just four years so we could meet the real, evolving needs of Maine students.
• We are one of Maine’s only statewide organizations dedicated specifically to Holocaust and human rights education.
Educational Programs
• Our educators partner with teachers to create custom programs that address issues their students are facing.
• We help students build the skills they need to recognize bias and challenge injustice.
• Teachers receive professional development, curriculum guides, and customized programming at no cost to Maine schools, teachers, districts, or taxpayers.
• Erica Nadelhaft, who leads our education programs, is a Holocaust scholar and Maine’s go-to expert on Holocaust education and genocide studies.
Community Outreach
• Our programs are designed using testimony from Maine Holocaust survivors—ensuring local history remains a living, relevant part of civic education.
• We maintain one of Maine’s most significant collections of Holocaust survivor stories, artifacts, and photography, ensuring this history is accessible to future generations.
• Our exhibits bring survivor narratives and human rights themes into classrooms, libraries, and community centers across the state.
• Programs use survivor voices to illuminate themes of resilience, moral courage, and civic responsibility.
• The HHRC's exhibits—both traveling and permanent—are used in classrooms, libraries, and community centers across the state to spark dialogue about history, responsibility, and human rights.
• The educational approach centers on lived experience by using survivor stories, artifacts, and photography to help students understand the impact of hatred and the power of resistance and resilience.
• Community events, public lectures, and partnerships help Mainers explore the connections between history and the challenges we face today.
• We work with schools, libraries, senior colleges, universities, and civic groups statewide to bring inclusive, accessible programs to Mainers of all ages.
Mission & Values
• Every program, partnership, and supporter helps sustain accessible, statewide human rights education for the next generation.
• For more than four decades, HHRC Maine has been committed to Holocaust remembrance and human dignity.
• Through testimony-based education, we help ensure that the lessons of the Holocaust inform Maine’s present and future, strengthening civic life statewide.
• Our mission is simple yet urgent: to cultivate a society that values human dignity and confronts hatred in all its forms.
Why Support Us?
• Every gift, every partnership, and every program helps ensure that the lessons of history continue to guide Maine’s future. Everything we offer is free of charge because everyone deserves equal access to experiences, knowledge, and belonging, so your contributions make our work possible. We cannot do this important work without you, so thank you for considering a contribution of any size; we are deeply grateful.