Horwitz-Wasserman Holocaust Memorial Plaza

09/23/2026

We are proud to share a new webpage of suggested additional resources, developed to highlight peer and partner organizations' quality resources for educators, students and the general public.

This expanded collection provides comprehensive materials on Holocaust history, genocide education, and the victims of N**i persecution—helping teachers to equip students with the knowledge and critical thinking skills to recognize hatred and stand against it.

These resources are designed for classrooms, homeschool settings, and community education programs. Whether you're teaching the Holocaust for the first time or looking to deepen your curriculum, you'll find lesson plans, primary sources, and guidance rooted in historical accuracy and survivor testimony.

Explore the full collection:

This selection of educational resources is here to support your own education about the Holocaust, whether you are an educator, a student, or a member of the public seeking a richer understanding of this history. These resources can be used to support lesson plans in the classroom or to enhance your...

09/18/2026

In just a couple days, observance of Yom Kippur will begin — the holiest day of the Jewish year. It's a day of honesty with ourselves and with one another, of asking forgiveness and offering it, of closing one chapter and beginning another with intention. May this Day of Atonement bring reflection, renewal, and peace to all who observe.

G'mar Chatimah Tova



(Photo: Jewish people observing Yom Kippur in the Lodz Ghetto, Yad Vashem Photo Archives)

09/10/2026

As we welcome Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, we are invited to reflect, renew, and remember. At the Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation, we hold space for both the sweetness and challenges we have experienced in this past year, and look forward to the possibilities of 5787.

This season of renewal is also an opportunity to consider our responsibility to ourselves and others- let us shine light on those who need brightness in darkness, and strengthen our resolve to combat hatred, preserve history, and educate future generations.

To our community and all who observe, Shanah Tovah! May this year be one of peace, remembrance, and meaning.

06/15/2026

A few years ago, we worked with partner organizations to present a talk entitled 'Count Their Names,' an exploration of LGBTQIA+ persecution during the Holocaust as well as the proceeding and proceeding years. Jake Newsome of The Pink Triangle Legacies Project has done impressive work to shed light on how this history resonates in the present day and offers tools and resources to ensure never again for those in the LGBTQIA+ community.

Check out the talk here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiLjKpHLTx0&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.philaholocaustmemorial.org%2F

Learn more about the Pink Triangle Legacies Project here:
https://www.pinktrianglelegacies.org/

History has shown how far homophobia can go. It's up to us to decide how far we let it go today.

05/18/2026

The project is an initiative between several German academic institutions and the USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research that seeks to collect every available image documenting N**i mass deportation of Jews, Roma & Sinti, as well as euthanasia victims between 1938 & 1945. Many of these images were the last pictures taken of Holocaust victims before they were deported and perished.
This is an amazing collection of primary sources that can be used in classrooms to learn about this history and individuals affected by these tragedies.
For more images and information you can visit: https://atlas.lastseen.org/en

04/27/2026

We are excited to share that you can now listen to the mural at the Holocaust Memorial Plaza.

With the beautiful voices and musical talents of some community members, we recorded a selection of prayers, sayings, and songs that are incorporated into the artwork. Take a listen and learn more on our website.

This is a Hungarian song, which translates to “The Rooster Is Already Crowing”. The song is attributed to Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Taub (1751–1821) of the small town of Nagykallo, in the Northeastern part of Hungary. Before the war, the town was well known for its strong Hasidic roots. Rabbi Taub ...

04/14/2026

Today is Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Along with our community, our peer organizations, our allies, and our friends, let us remember the 6 million Jewish lives lost in the Holocaust and think about the millions of others victimized by the N**is and their collaborators.

In our present day, let us remember what survivors have shared in testimony time and time again- that we must commit to educate about this history and live our lives with kindness, empathy, and compassion for others.