Welcome to the Sara & Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center

Gail Rosenthal and Dr. Mary Johnson took their students to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. on February 23, 2020

"My Father: One of the Original Tuskegee Airmen of WWII"

In honor of Black History Month, Thomas A. Mayfield shared his father's life story with the Stockton community. Mayfield's father, Lt. Col. Thomas H. Mayfield was one of the original Tuskegee Airmen of World War II.

Holocaust Center Launches Interactive Biography

Schools invited to learn from New Jersey Holocaust survivor.

Holocaust Rescuers Exhibition

A new exhibition dedicated to non-Jewish families who risked their lives to protect Jews during the Holocaust in Amsterdam is now open.

Yom HaShoah 2019

Holocaust survivor Laura Oberlender speaking at the this year's Yom HaShoah commemoration at Shirat Hayam in Ventnor, NJ.

"An Emotional Visit to the Past"

Read more about a recent trip to the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City sponsored by the Holocaust Resource Center and the Sam Azeez Museum of Woodbine Heritage.

"Remembering the Holocaust and Emigration: The Moritz and Hammerschlag Families" Exhibit

At the exhibit, Lennard Hammerschlag (left) listens to students read his mother’s remembrances of Kristallnacht.

"Educators Learn How to Teach Holocaust History at Summer Seminar"

This year, the Yad Vashem International School for Holocaust Studies and the Holocaust Resource Center presented the 2nd Bi-Annual Wally and Lutz Hammerschlag Summer Educator Seminar.

The granddaughter of Hanna & Wolf Ehrlich showing students a photo of her grandfather taken two months after his liberation from Auschwitz Concentration Camp.

Stockton Donates Railroad Tracks to Philadelphia Holocaust Memorial

Our Center's railroad tracks were donated to for use in the city’s new Holocaust Memorial Plaza.

Museum of Jewish Heritage Internship 2019

Four Stockton University students participated in The Museum of Jewish Heritage Holocaust Educator Internship this past August 2019.

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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 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.

Our facilities are free and open to the public. Guided tours are available by appointment. School groups and educators are welcome!

To schedule a tour, or for any other questions, please call Gail Rosenthal at (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 Spring 2019 semester schedule of courses