Cohen Center for Holocaust Studies

Students describe their experiences with Keene State College's Cohen Center for Holocaust Studies.

The Center (http://www.keene.edu/cchs/)is one of the nation's oldest Holocaust Resource Centers. We fulfill our founder, Dr. Charles Hildebrandt's charge, "To Remember and to Teach" through our annual community programming and our Educational Outreach activities.

The Center offers a minor in Holocaust Studies to Keene State College students. The minor in Holocaust Studies combines historical background with an interdisciplinary exploration of the Holocaust through film, literature, philosophy, psychology, sociology, and other history offerings. The following curriculum will help students develop a firm knowledge of the Holocaust as an event and an understanding of its precipitating factors and legacy. With a deeper awareness of such issues as prejudice, discrimination, and racism, students should be better able to analyze contemporary political situations and think critically about ethical responsibility.

A major in Holocaust Studies is currently in development. When implemented, Keene State College would become the only college in the US to offer such a major.

The Center has been recognized as a "Center of Excellence" by the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous.

The schedule of workshops is available online along with in-service training available, classroom presentations and individual curriculum consultations. A biennial residential summer institute for educators is held in the even years.

The Center boasts a strong collection of print and media resources and supports a minor in Holocaust Studies at Keene State College.

Please join us in our mission of motivating successive generations to recognize an ethical responsibility to respond to prejudice and hatred.

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