The Sara & Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center

Welcome to the Sara & Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center at Stockton University

"Portrait Added to Holocaust Center Exhibition"

Leo and Kathy Ullman presented the portrait of Leo's brother Hank, painted by Hank's wife, Kathy, a professional portrait artist.

Holocaust Center Launches Interactive Biography

Schools invited to learn from New Jersey Holocaust survivor.

"The Extraordinary Heroism of Ordinary People: The Rescue of One Jewish Family in the Netherlands"

An interactive exhibition that follows the life stories of Holocaust survivors who were hidden in Amsterdam, Emily and Frank Ullman and their son, Leo.

The Sara & Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center at Stockton University preserves and shares the history of the Holocaust and life stories of Holocaust Survivors of South Jersey.

The Center is located on the second floor of the Richard E. Bjork Library at Stockton University. It is open Monday through Thursday, 8:30 AM to 6:00 PM and Fridays from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM. Questions? Please contact us at 609-652-4699.

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Armenian Genocide Tree at Lakeside Lane Lot

8th Annual Armenian Genocide Remembrance Event

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Please join us for the 8^th Annual Armenian Genocide Remembrance Event at Stockton University at Stockton’s Lakeside Lane Lot.

Holocaust Remembrance Week Programming

Monday, April 17th - Sunday, April 23, 2023

The Holocaust Resource Center at Stockton University is commemorating Yom HaShoah 2023, with a weeklong series of television programs on The Stockton Channel (Comcast local channel 9).

Yom HaShoah 2023

Tuesday, April 18, 2023. 7:00 - 8:00 pm

Please join us for this year's Yom HaShoah commemoration for 2023. The event is free and open to the public.

40^th Annual Holocaust Awareness Program

Tuesday, April 18, 2023. 12:30 - 1:30 pm

A dialogue with authors of My Mother's Words, Rita Stromfeld and Blanche Powell. A question and answer session will follow. The event is free and open to the public.

"Book Discussion with author Seth Stern, Speaking Yiddish to Chickens: Holocaust Survivors on South Jersey Poultry Farms"

Wednesday, March 22, 2023. 7:00 - 8:00 pm

Online via Zoom

The Holocaust Resource Center will present a virtual book discussion with author Seth Stern. Stern is a legal journalist and author of Speaking Yiddish to Chickens: Holocaust Survivors on South Jersey Poultry Farms (Rutgers University Press, 2023). A question and answer session will follow Seth Stern’s presentation. See flyer for details and more information.

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Holocaust Survivors of South Jersey Project

A project that aims to document the lives of Holocaust Survivors who settled in Atlantic, Cape May, and Cumberland Counties.

Podcast: We Need to Talk About Genocide

Join MAHG alumna Kylie Deverell as she discusses popular topics in Holocaust and Genocide studies with some of the field's most notable scholars and educators!

Center of Excellence

The Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center is a Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (JFR) Holocaust Center of Excellence. The JFR Holocaust Centers of Excellence Program was established to honor centers who have made an extraordinary commitment to teach the Holocaust in their communities. The Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center faculty, staff, and supporters were honored to be chosen as a JFR Holocaust Center of Excellence. For more information about the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, please visit: www.jfr.org

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