HONORING HISTORY, ENSURING THE FUTURE
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HHC currently reaches around 150,000 individuals each year
25,000 people
76,000 people
view exhibits.
engage with HHC through digital outreach.
100 students and teachers from 20 schools across the tri-state participate in the Youth Leadership Summit.
5,000 people attend Holocaust Awareness Programs.
10,000 students, educators and members of the community hear the personal testimony of a member of HHC’s Coppel Speakers’ Bureau.
6,000 individuals visit HHC’s
500 teachers attend workshops
Mapping Our Tears exhibit,
facilitated by HHC; as a direct
including students from
result of these workshops almost
75 different schools.
50,000 students are impacted.
Dear Friends, We invite you to take the opportunity to learn about the inspiring work of the Holocaust and Humanity Center and its exciting vision for the future. HHC has been quietly touching the lives of tens of thousands of students and community members over the past sixteen years and now has a historic opportunity to make a larger impact on the community. Through the relocation and expansion to Union Terminal, vastly increased numbers of people will have the opportunity to learn about the dangers of prejudice and hatred against the backdrop of the Holocaust. At the same time, visitors will learn about the potential each of us has to be an upstander. These lessons are critical and we are thrilled they will be shared with the community. We were so moved by the potential impact HHC will have in its new home that we committed ourselves to help make this expansion a reality. We invite you to join us in this important endeavor. Warmly, Arna & Bobby Fisher, Capital Campaign Chairs Alison & Bret Caller, Capital Campaign Co-Chairs Mary Ellen & Tom Cody, Capital Campaign Co-Chairs Sandy Kaltman & John Isidor, Capital Campaign Co-Chairs Kim & George Vincent, Capital Campaign Co-Chairs
A Historic Moment The Holocaust and Humanity Center (HHC) exists to ensure the lessons of the Holocaust inspire action today. HHC has a historic opportunity to transform even more hearts and minds through an expansion and relocation to a prominent Cincinnati landmark, Union Terminal, which houses the Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) a one-of-a-kind, multi-museum. CMC is the largest cultural institution in the city of Cincinnati, with more than 1.4 million visitors per year. This unique partnership will be the first of its kind in the United States, putting Cincinnati on the map for bringing the lessons of the Holocaust into the civic conversation. HHC will be moving to take its place among the cultural institutions in Cincinnati. This move mirrors the journey that remembrance of the Holocaust has taken, from the parochial concerns of a bereaved community, to the moral core of contemporary life; a vital reminder of what happens when culture is divorced from values and when human creativity is harnessed for destructive rather than ennobling purposes. The time for this relocation to the Union Terminal is now as HHC sits at an important crossroads. As Holocaust survivors pass away, there is an urgency to get their stories out, not just to reach those who already know, but also to engage with new audiences. At a time of rising hatred, antisemitism, and violent extremism around the world, the lessons of the Holocaust are needed now more than ever.
“ We want a memorial which
will tell our tradition, how we died, and why and how to prevent future massacres, something that will arouse both gentiles and Jews alike, something with an expression, something that will make sure our dear ones have not died in vain. � From Meeting of Holocaust Survivors in Cincinnati in 1965
About HHC The Holocaust and Humanity Center (HHC) exists to ensure the lessons of the Holocaust inspire action today. Since 2000, HHC has been striving to execute the vision set forth by its founders, Holocaust survivors, that their experiences would be remembered and used as a warning for the future. HHC offers the community the following resources:
OVERVIEW OF CURRENT PROGRAMMING
ENHANCED PROGRAMMING AT UNION TERMINAL
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Mapping Our Tears, the 2,500 square foot exhibition showcases courage, resilience and the history of the Holocaust through the stories of local eyewitnesses. Year-round professional development opportunities that provide teachers with the tools to teach the Holocaust and its lessons in their classrooms. Holocaust Awareness Programs, a community outreach initiative. Public programs including films, lectures, exhibits, plays, concerts and more in partnership with diverse organizations. Coppel Speaker’s Bureau of Holocaust survivors and descendants, who are trained to share their personal experiences with schools and community groups. Portable Exhibits, created by HHC, focusing on various themes travel nationally to community centers, schools, libraries, and other public spaces. Echoing Voices, creates a museum experience in the classroom. Suitcases with testimonies of local survivors, facsimiles of artifacts with lessons and activities allow students to interact with history. International Shared Reading Project, connecting schools in Ohio to schools in Israel through a shared Holocaust curriculum. Creating cultural and academic
sharing of resources, ideas and experiences.
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Permanent exhibit with approximately 7,000 square feet of space. Special exhibits from international and local organizations exploring other aspects and lessons of the Holocaust engaging new and repeat visitors annually. Voices of Tomorrow, programs for K-5 students, engaging a younger audience in lessons and activities to instill empathy while strengthening character and readying students for the next stages of their education. Beyond the Exhibit, family programming, providing interactive experiences on-site and resources for families visiting the exhibition. Ambassadors for Change, a youth leadership program bringing together students from diverse backgrounds, introducing them to Holocaust history, creating connections to current issues and perspectives to help them develop their own voices. Program on Wheels, a Cincinnati Museum Center initiative to bring museum experiences to classrooms. A new partnership will provide opportunities for Echoing Voices and other HHC resources to have broader reach. Archives, Library, Resource Center Multi-media learning center with books, film, testimony, and primary source documents.
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Needed Now More Than Ever HHC’s duty to combat hatred has never been more critical than it is today. One need only read a local newspaper or watch the news to know that acts of violence, fueled by hatred and prejudice, are on the rise, both around the globe and here at home. Local, National and Global Relevance:
• Incivility in public discourse is growing. • The number and influence of hate groups is increasing around the globe. There are more than 10 active hate groups in Cincinnati. • Over 1 billion people in the world harbor antisemitic attitudes. • Bystander behavior is the norm while swastikas, name-calling and racist jokes have all been reported in local schools and institutions of higher learning at an increased rate. • Genocidal activity is happening today in places such as Syria, Iraq, Sudan, Somalia, Nigeria and the Central African Republic.
A Growing Demand The needs of the Greater Cincinnati community have outpaced HHC’s current space due to growing demands of schools and families.
• HHC cannot accommodate groups of more than 100 in its current space. • HHC’s archives are overfilled with critical documents and rare historical items. • Most HHC public programs must be held off site. • Educators use HHC as a classroom extension and increasingly request curricula and training to equip themselves to answer difficult questions about hatred, bigotry, and violence from their students.
Photo courtesy of Allison’s Images
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Most people in my family consider me as an angry young person, but after seeing all the pain you went through during a horrific period in your youth, losing your family, and being forced to do hard harsh labor, my outlook on life has been changed. After going through all these things it was amazing to me that you weren’t an angry person, but rather a very nice, polite, caring man. I can honestly thank you for helping me make a change in my life, you were in a room with me for less than an hour but the impact of your words will stay with me forever.
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Student reaction to hearing a member of HHC’s Speakers’ Bureau
New State of the Art Exhibit Space The exhibit will be a story telling institution telling of the rise of Nazism and the dismantling of democracy, of the attacks against Jews and their loss of essential freedoms and protections. It will show the killing processes and the multiple manifestations of unrestrained evil, but also tell stories of resistance and rescue, of messengers who warned the world while there was still time to act and of upstanders who risked their freedom and even their lives to assist the beleaguered. It will tell a Cincinnati story of efforts to assist refugees and make this city a haven, and of the city’s national leadership in rescue efforts. It will honor American liberators who brought Nazi Germany and its tyranny to an end, who entered the camps and provided aid and comfort to the survivors. Above all, it will tell the story of survivors who rebuilt their lives in freedom in Cincinnati, who became symbols of resilience, voices of conscience, moral teachers to a generation in profound need of their testimony and their example and who bore witness to what they had endured not merely to remember the past but to transform the future.
The exhibit will: • Inspire visitors to action • Offer role models for today • Celebrate the power of the human spirit • Showcase the courage found in World War II • Connect the past, present and future
HHC
Union Terminal
Expanded Space, Expanded Opportunities HHC will occupy 12,000 square feet of space in Union Terminal, which includes: • Approximately 7,000 square feet of exhibit space, which is almost three times HHC’s current exhibit space. • 3,000 square feet of office space for staff. • 1,500 square feet of climate–controlled collections and archival space for precious artifacts. • Library space for students, educators and community use.
HHC will have access to other Union Terminal spaces for programming including: • Classroom space
• Conference and meeting rooms
• Auditorium space
• Special exhibition space
Through this expansion, HHC will: • Create a unique, state of the art Holocaust exhibition occupying approximately 7,000 feet of space in Union Terminal, opening in early 2019 in conjunction with the reopening of the Cincinnati Museum Center. • Increase its reach and visibility through potential engagement with Cincinnati Museum Center’s more than one million visitors. • Move its nationally recognized programs and educator training workshops to the Cincinnati Museum Center. • Ensure that the irreplaceable mementos of the Holocaust and World War II will be preserved for future generations in its new climate controlled collections space.
a Holocaust survivor, it gives me hope to know “ As that my story and the story of other Cincinnati eyewitnesses will now find a home inside such an important institution in our community. I am confident that at Union Terminal, the Holocaust and Humanity Center will thrive and ensure that our voices are heard for generations to come. Henry Fenichel, Holocaust Survivor
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Exhibit Design HHC has engaged a world-class team of Holocaust experts, designers and museum professionals to create an exhibit that will take its place among the top Holocaust museum experiences in the country. Dr. Michael Berenbaum - Historical Expert, Content Developer and Conceptual Designer, brings unparalleled expertise to his work on museum design using historical films and innovative approaches to present the Jewish experience and understand the nature of persecution and genocide. A prolific writer, educator, lecturer and consultant, Berenbaum served as Project Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum from 1988 to 1993, overseeing its creation. Edward Jacobs - Creative Director, Conceptual Designer and Exhibition Designer, is a designer whose main experience is in the fields of interpretive planning, conceptual design and exhibition design. Working with Dr. Berenbaum, Jacobs has been co-conceptual designer and exhibition designer on several museum projects and memorials. For the last 25 years, Jacobs has also been operating his own multidisciplinary concept and design firm producing public-space projects, spiritual environments, education centers, synagogue interiors, museum exhibits, and memorial sites. JRA (Jack Rouse Associates) – An award-winning group of writers, planners, designers, media producers, and project managers based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Named by The Wall Street Journal as “one of the world’s more prominent design firms,” JRA is a multi-disciplinary firm that has been structured to conceive, visualize and realize unique audience experiences around the globe.
“ The importance of the
work of the Holocaust and Humanity Center cannot be overstated and we are excited to welcome them as neighbors within Union Terminal. This is an incredible opportunity to work collaboratively to share the strength of our history collections and exhibit design resources, to strengthen each other’s mission and to enrich the community in the process. �
Elizabeth Pierce, President and CEO of Cincinnati Museum Center
should not wait for “ We someone else to stand up and help but should act ourselves. Edith Carter
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The Jewish Federation of Cincinnati is partnering with HHC to ensure a successful capital campaign transforms vision into reality.