Holocaust Resource Center

Teacher training brings Holocaust education expert from Yad Vashem to Buffalo

By • Oct 30, 2019
Courtesy of Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo.

The Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo will host a free teacher training Wednesday featuring an expert from Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem.


A Buffalo man "Righteous Among the Nations" is laid to rest

By Michael Mroziak • Feb 1, 2019
Yad Vashem (db.yadvashem.org)

Funeral services were held Friday morning at Christ the King Church in Snyder for a man who, during his years as a young priest in his native Hungary, saved the lives of thousands of Jews, first from the Nazis and then from the Soviets.

Buffalo & Erie County Jewish Family Service receives international recognition

By • Jan 15, 2018
Jewish Family Service of Buffalo & Erie County

The Western New York Center for Survivors of Torture are now members of the International Rehabilitation Council for Tortured Victims.

Local lawyers keeping importance of Nuremberg alive in 70th anniversary re-enactment

By • Jan 13, 2017

Local lawyers are commemorating one of the most important court cases in history on the stage of a local middle school. Members of the Bar Association of Erie County will re-enact the 1946 Nuremberg Tribunal – an event that its organizers believe, even 70 years later, still has an impact on today’s society.


Holocaust Center joins alarm about hate crimes

By Marian Hetherly • Dec 9, 2016

In recent months, there has been a surge in reported hate speech - on Jews, Hispanics, Muslims, African Americans, women and members of the LGBTQ community. Now an international group of 90 organizations, including the Holocaust Center of Buffalo, plus 71 Holocaust scholars and educators have signed on to a statement condemning such intolerance.

Holocaust victims remembered

By • Apr 26, 2016

They lit six candles in somber remembrance of the 6 million Jews who died during the Holocaust. Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz and Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown joined members of the Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo in proclaiming the week of May 1 a week of remembrance of Holocaust victims.

Educators seek to relate Holocaust lessons to today's students

By • Mar 8, 2016
Andrew Beiter

Messages of hate have plagued society for many centuries, but they’ve never spread more rapidly than in today’s Internet society.

Screening of Holocaust film scheduled for tonight

By • Jan 27, 2016

A local Holocaust survivor says it's her duty to tell the world about life under Nazi control. Sophia Veffer says educating the public is important, especially in light of current events.


Candle lighting marks Holocaust remembrance

By • Apr 25, 2014
Chris Caya/WBFO News

A ceremony marking Yom Hashoah, or Holocaust Memorial Day, was held in Erie County's Rath Building on Friday.