Holocaust Center for Humanity

Name: Holocaust Center for Humanity
Address: 2045 Second Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98121, US
Telephone: (206) 582-3000

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Inspiring people of all ages to confront bigotry, promote human dignity, and take action.

10/14/2026

When the Germans fled Theresienstadt, Frieda’s father knew they had little time. Having served in the Russian army, he understood what would happen when the Russians arrived. He knew they needed to get home.

His foresight, determination, and resourcefulness helped Frieda and other children get out before the camp was quarantined.

Learn more about Frieda’s life and journey to survival in our Survivor Encyclopedia linked in the comments.

10/13/2026

We’re putting the finishing touches on what promises to be a meaningful and inspiring Voice for Humanity program. The only thing missing is you!

Please register by October 15 to join us for Voices for Humanity. If you’re unable to attend, we hope you’ll consider making a donation to help sustain Holocaust education for students and communities across our region. Click the link in our comments to register or donate today!

10/12/2026

Today, we proudly acknowledge and celebrate the Coast Salish peoples of this land. The land that touches the shared waters of all tribes and bands on what we now call Seattle.

Living in harmony with the ancestors’ lands and waterways along Washington’s Central Salish Sea, as they have for thousands of years, these people and groups continue to live on and protect it for future generations.

“Every part of this soil is sacred in the estimation of my people. Every hillside, every valley, every plain and grove, has been hallowed by some sad or happy event in days long vanished.”- Chief Seattle, 1854

As an organization that teaches the history of the Holocaust, we raise questions about individual and collective choices across all histories and into today.

10/07/2026

While walking back to camp, Fred would pick up discarded cigarette butts and trade them with other prisoners for food. One day, a German guard noticed.

What followed was an unexpected moment of kindness that helped Fred survive. It was an interaction he never forgot.

Hear more of Fred’s remarkable story in our Survivor Encyclopedia at the link in the comments.

10/05/2026

A special evening celebrating a special friend of the Holocaust Center for Humanity!

Recently we were delighted to celebrate Debbie’s birthday alongside a few members of our Legacy Speakers program, which she so generously supports. Debbie shares our commitment to preserving and sharing these important stories.

A special thank you to Anthony's Restaurants for generously hosting us for this memorable evening!

10/02/2026

Recently, members of our Rwanda community, including members of their survivors' group, visited the Holocaust Center. They met with some of our Holocaust survivors and toured the museum; we shared stories and learned in both directions!

The group looks forward to returning with more community members, continuing to build relationships of solidarity and support.

09/30/2026

Awarded to German-Jew Walter Schwarz after World War I, many Jews had thought their time serving for Germany would spare them from N**i persecution. That was not the case, as Jewish-German veterans faced violence and internment.

Want to learn more about German Jews and life as Hi**er rose to power? Visit the link in our comments.

09/29/2026

Please join us next Tuesday for our October Lunch & Learn!

How are we meant to respond to contemporary threats of far-right extremism, populism, and antisemitism that increasingly resemble the N**i past? In this talk, we explore history and cast a light on the forgotten figures who found ways to challenge and undermine the most brutal of dictatorships.

Luke Berryman is the Founder of The Ninth Candle, a nonprofit organization that works with schools across the United States to improve Holocaust education.

Click the link in our comments to register.

09/28/2026

Tucked away in a panel of Superman: The Man of Steel #82 are faces history has seen before: a little boy and a woman looking back in fear.

This image comes from a real photograph taken in the Warsaw Ghetto as N**is violently quashed the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943. We never see their faces again in the comic; just like in reality, their fate is unknown.

To see this comic and learn how Jewish comic artists brought real stories and people into their art, visit Drawn to Resist before it closes on November 1. Get your tickets at the link in our comments!

09/24/2026

What inspired this year’s Voices for Humanity artwork? Student artist Carrigan Nguyen selected Thomas Blatt as the muse.

“The image I chose represents him reaching out to freedom and a rebirth of our world, one to come after the war ends,” Carrigan said. “But the walls and towers show he was trapped in the reality of war. And yet he kept going, kept surviving. That is what inspires me most: his perseverance and bravery to keep standing and fighting for history to be known.”

Carrigan vowed to “follow in that example to speak out, to be heard, and to resist against oppression,” supporting our goal to not only preserve Holocaust history, but inspire others to act in the face of injustice.

To learn more about our mission and register for our Voices for Humanity luncheon, visit the link in our comments.

Address

2045 Second Avenue
Seattle, WA
98121

Opening Hours

10am - 4pm

Telephone

(206) 582-3000

Website

http://www.HolocaustCenterSeattle.org/

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