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The Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center is a Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (JFR) Holocaust Center of Excellence. The JFR Holocaust Centers of Excellence Program was established to honor centers who have made an extraordinary commitment to teach the Holocaust in their communities. The Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center faculty, staff, and supporters were honored to be chosen as a JFR Holocaust Center of Excellence. For more information about the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, please visit: www.jfr.org
The Sara & Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center at Stockton University,
is currently open and located on the second floor of the Stockton University Library. The center is open from Monday through Thursday, 8:30 AM to 6:00 PM and Fridays from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM.
Because of COVID-19 we are open but not allowing foot traffic through the Holocaust Resource Center.
If you have any questions or need to speak with or see someone in the Holocaust Resource Center for research purposes or other needs, please call 609-652-4699 or email Gail.Rosenthal@stockton.edu
Did you know?
Stockton University offers a Master of Arts in Holocaust & Genocide Studies (MAHG) as well as a minor in Holocast and Genocide Studies for undergraduate students. Stockton Univeristy also offers a Graduate Certificate in Genocide Prevention (GPC).
Click here for the Fall 2020 semester schedule of courses
Holocaust Resource Center Events

Sunday, February 28, 2021
3:00 pm - 4:35 pm (EST)
Book Launch Event: The Hotel on St. James Place by Molly Golubcow
This event is sponsored by the Sara & Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center at Stockton University, The Milton and Betty Katz Jewish Community Center of Atlantic County, and the Sam Azeez Museum of Woodbine Heritage of Stockton University.

Wednesday, February 17, 2021
4:30 pm - 5:15 pm (EST)
Sergeant Leon Bass During World War II in Nazi-Occupied Europe
This event is cosponsored by the Sam Azeez Museum of Woodbine Heritage, Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies program, Minor in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, and Minor in Jewish Studies at Stockton University.

Wednesday, January 27, 2021
8:00 pm (EST)
18 Voices: A Liberation Day Reading Of Young Writers’ Diaries From The Holocaust
More than one million Jewish children were killed during the Holocaust and countless others survived. Some, like Anne Frank, kept diaries in which they confided their hopes, fears, and experiences. Join us for a special virtual reading of excerpts from these diaries, narrated by Liev Schreiber. By giving voice to the written words of some of the Nazis’ youngest victims, we will commemorate their suffering and learn from their courageous and resilient spirits. Watch the recording of the event here: https://youtu.be/7p_08hkOqGs
18 Voices is curated by Alexandra Zapruder and based on her book Salvaged Pages: Young Writers’ Diaries of the Holocaust.

Tuesday, January 26, 2021
4:30 pm (EST)
A Personal Account: Looking Back at the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz Ceremony
with Doug Cervi, Executive Director of the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education and Adjunct Professor at Stockton University
Join the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center for a discussion with Doug Cervi about his experiences at the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz ceremony Poland on January 27, 2020. Doug Cervi attended the ceremony with Holocaust survivors David Wisnia and Rosalie Simon. All are welcome. Watch the recording of the presentation here: https://youtu.be/DkJdFj7nilM
This event is cosponsored by the Sam Azeez Museum of Woodbine Heritage, Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies program, Minor in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, and Minor in Jewish Studies at Stockton University.

Monday, November 9, 2020
7:00 pm (EST)
THE ANNUAL IDA E KING MEMORIAL LECTURE
Remembering Kristallnacht 82 Years Ago
(November 9 – 10, 1938)
Presented by Dr. Dienke Hondius
Ida E King Distinguished Visiting Professor of
Holocaust Studies - Spring 2020
“HIDING PLACES DURING THE HOLOCAUST:
NETWORKS OF SOLIDARITY UNCOVERED”

Thursday, October 29, 2020
4:00 - 5:45 pm (EDT)
Film screening: There Were Good People...Doing Extraordinary Deeds
Leo Ullman's Story

Wednesday, October 14, 2020
4:30 - 5:45 pm (EDT)
Zoom Presentation by Professor Jane Denny and
Irvin Moreno-Rodriguez
"Hoy Por Ti, Manana Por Mi (Today For You, Tomorrow For Me): Mexico During & After World War II"
This presentation will focus on the role of Mexico before and after World
War II and the story of Gilberto Bosques Saldivar (1892-1995), who served as
the Mexican Consul General in Marseille, France between 1939 and 1943. As
the Consul General, Bosques issued tens of thousands of visas for Spanish
and Jewish refugees who wanted to escape from Nazi-occupied Europe.

Tuesday, October 6, 2020
4:30 - 5:45 pm
Zoom Lecture by Dr. Jonathan Wiesen
"From Birmingham to Berlin: Racial Terror Lynching and Public Violence in the United States and Nazi Germany"
Watch here:

Thursday, September 26, 2019
4:30 - 5:45 pm
MAHG Student-Faculty Coffee Break
All Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies (MAHG) program faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend a coffee break in the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center classroom on Thursday, September 26, 2019, at 4:30 pm. Welcome the new semester with a cup of coffee and good company! The coffee break is sponsored by the Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies (MAHG) Society. Questions: 609-652-4699

Monday, August 17th - Thursday, August 20, 2020
3rd Annual Wally and Lutz Hammerschlag Summer Educator Seminar
On Monday, August 17th - Thursday, August 20, 2020, Yad Vashem, The Sam Azeez Museum of Woodbine Heritage, the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center at Stockton University, and Echoes & Reflections will present the 3rd Annual Wally and Lutz Hammerschlag Summer Educator Seminar, "In the Age of Digital Learning: Teaching about the Holocaust through Art, Photograhy, Literature, Film, and more." The cost is free for educators. This seminar will teach about the history of the Holocaust by using the arts to connect with the past to make a better future for all. Strategies and resources will be shared.
Sunday, June 21, 2020
Father's Day 2020 Recipes from Holocaust Survivors Settled in South Jersey Communities in Atlantic and Cape May Counties
Friday, June 12, 2020
Remembering Anne Frank on her Birthday

Monday, May 11, 2020
Holocaust & Genocide Studies Dual High School Credit End-of-Year Wrap-up Meeting
Teachers in th Dual Credit Program will meet with Steven Marcus, coordinator of the Holocaust and Genocide Dual Credit Consortium, and Gail Rosenthal, director of the Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center at Stockton University. To learn more about the Holocaust & Genocide Studies Dual HIgh School Credit Program visit https://stockton.edu/admissions/high-school-dual-credit.html.
Thursday, April 23, 2020
Online Lecture and Zoom session: "Self-Help During the Armenian Genocide: Recovering Refugee Voices," presented by post-doctoral Fellow in Holocaust and Genocide studies at Stockton University, Dr. Asya Darbinyan
In commemoration of the 105th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program, Hughes Center for Public Policy, and Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center present an evening of Armenian culture and remembrance. Dr. Asya Darbinyan, Post-Doctoral Fellow of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Stockton University, will present a lecture entitled “Self-Help during the Armenian Genocide: Recovering Refugee Voices.”
The lecture will be available for viewing starting at 10:00 am on Tuesday, April 21, 2020. Watch here, or join us on Facebook or YouTube to watch.