Holocaust Awareness Days is a transformative, day-long educational program designed to bring history face-to-face with students through intimate, meaningful experiences. Small-group sessions feature local Holocaust Survivors sharing their firsthand accounts of survival, resilience, and courage—creating moments that transcend textbooks and transform history into personal connection and moral urgency.

The day also includes curated film screenings and dynamic guest speakers who reinforce the importance of remembrance and collective responsibility. These elements work together to deepen students’ emotional and intellectual understanding, especially as we confront the reality that survivors are increasingly rare.

As one survivor poignantly expressed during a Palm Beach County event, “I’m left alive for a purpose … to address the young people”. An emphasized the power of personal storytelling: “Sitting down with Holocaust survivors and knowing that they’re people, they’re not just numbers”. Students, in turn, reported how these encounters made the lessons come alive: “It really can make the experience more personal for us, so that we can understand”.