February Online Credit Courses for WV educators
When Laws Become Weapons: Teaching Nazi Germany's Legal Assault
What History Teaches: The Role of Terror in Authoritarian Regimes
What History Teaches: The Role of Terror in Authoritarian Regimes
Echoes & Reflections facilitator and classroom educator Tyrone Shaw will trace how the weaponization of the legal system transformed Germany into a totalitarian state and offer classroom strategies to help your students to think critically about the role of the law in society and how its abuse can lead to dangerous consequences.
February 4, 2026 at 4:00 PM ET
What History Teaches: The Role of Terror in Authoritarian Regimes
What History Teaches: The Role of Terror in Authoritarian Regimes
What History Teaches: The Role of Terror in Authoritarian Regimes
Through visual history testimonies and primary sources, Echoes & Reflections Director of Content & Pedagogy, Jesse Tannetta, will examine the role of terror and extrajudicial punishment as crucial to the rise of the Nazi Party and its subsequent domination of German citizens and people throughout Europe.
February 11, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET
The Oneg Shabbat Archives
The Oneg Shabbat Archives
The Oneg Shabbat Archives
Lisa Biton, head of the English-speaking Education Section at Yad Vashem, will examine the Oneg Shabbat Archive and how this secret documentation of Jewish daily life during the Holocaust helped to preserve truth in the face of Nazi oppression.
February 17, 2026 4:00 PM ET
The Commandant’s Shadow
The Oneg Shabbat Archives
The Oneg Shabbat Archives
Join director Daniela Volker who will discuss The Commandant’s Shadow, an award-winning documentary which brings together Jürgen Höss, son of Rudolf Höss, and Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, a Holocaust survivor, and explores the courage required for repentance and the possibility of forgiveness.
February 23, 2026 at 4:00 PM ET
A new year, a new legislative session!
Please support SB 9 requiring age-appropriate Holocaust education throughout the Mountain State and SB 633 revitalizing our Commission!
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The Commission presently does not receive state taxpayer funding for its mission and relies solely on your support. Please consider a tax-deductible donation to the Elizabeth Hoolmann Memorial Holocaust Education Foundation in support of our efforts. Thank you!
