Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week

With the passage of Senate Bill 1828 in the fall of 2019, the Texas legislature officially created an annual Holocaust Remembrance Week in public schools. This week was created to “educate students about the Holocaust and inspire in students a sense of responsibility to recognize and uphold human value and to prevent future atrocities.” The Governor’s Office selected the week of January 27th for the annual Remembrance Week in honor of the liberation the Auschwitz-Birkenau Extermination Camp by the Allied Forces.

During the Remembrance Week, educators around the state will be providing age-appropriate instruction for all their students about the Holocaust using materials created, or approved by, the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission. The Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio is honored to have been selected by the TH&GC as a recommended resource for educators and source of educational materials for use during the Holocaust Remembrance Week.