Our Program Offerings
The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County offers Holocaust and Tolerance education programs for both students and adults.
A central focus of all of HMTC’s educational programming is using the lessons and history of the Holocaust to teach individuals how to recognize and take safe, effective action against all forms of intolerance.
For information about HMTC’s public programs for the community please visit the events page.
What is an Adult Education Program?
HMTC takes education beyond the classroom with programs that feature powerful lessons from the Holocaust that put world events into a new perspective.
HMTC offers specialized professional development programs for teachers, nurses, lawyers, law enforcement personnel, first responders and others.
Law Enforcement and Society: Lessons of the Holocaust
Since 2006, HMTC has held the distinction of being one of the few institutions authorized to conduct sessions of Law Enforcement and Society: Lessons of the Holocaust, a program created by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and co-facilitated by the Anti-Defamation League. The program examines the role of law enforcement during the Holocaust and allows today’s professionals to reflect on both their personal and professional values. Discussions focus on individual choice, ethics, leadership, and maintaining professional core values. Every Nassau County and Suffolk County recruit attends this program. Other law enforcement personnel including members of Homeland Security have attended this program.
Program Includes:
Guided Museum Tour
Docent-Led Workshop
Discussion with a representative from the ADL
Lessons of Ethics & Diversity for Nurses & Nursing Students
This program examines the history of nurses during the Holocaust and applies the lessons to contemporary issues facing nurses today, such as lateral abuse, racism, and other forms of intolerance. The program empowers new and veteran nurses with knowledge and tools to cultivate healthy, respectful environments in the medical field.
Program Includes:
Guided Museum Tour
Docent-Led Workshop
Professional Development for Teachers
Deconstructing Symbols of Hate
This workshop encourages participants to closely examine the history behind some of society’s most widely-known symbols associated with hatred, discrimination, and, in some cases, genocide. We will analyze the history and meaning of the swastika and how it came to represent antisemitism and genocidal hatred. We will also examine the history of the noose as a key symbol of hate targeting African Americans. The program will emphasize how we can stand up to hatred when we see it or hear it. Participants will also receive a copy of the presentation, along with background reading and guidelines for presenting it.
Holocaust Education Through the Eyes of Survivor Testimony
This interactive workshop focuses on the implementation of Bondi’s Brother into the curriculum or as a book discussion program so students can learn a survivor’s story to give testimony to future generations and be a force against Holocaust denial. Bondi’s Brother by Irving and Edward Roth is the self-published testimony of his life in Hummene, Czechoslovakia, escaping to Hungary, surviving Auschwitz and Buchenwald, then coming to America. Irv’s testimony can also be used to complement the teaching of Eli Wiesel’s Night.
Then & Now: A View Through History
A guided tour through our museum’s six galleries, beginning with a brief history of anti-Semitism and its lead-up to the Second World War, and ending with a look at genocide and intolerance today with a modern perspective.
The Choices We Make Define Us: Exploring Hate Through the Lens of the Holocaust
Teachers will attend a 1-day class of “The Choices We Make Define Us: Exploring Hate through the Lens of the Holocaust” and obtain the tools and the support to bring their students Holocaust programs in their classrooms.
Please contact Sandi Cooper at sandicooper0@gmail.com and Lori Cooper at lorianncoop@gmail.com for all inquiries.
