Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre

Published purpose

The Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre (VHEC) will facilitate access to archival holdings related to a 35-year history of organizing public events and educational symposia related to its mandate and to Holocaust commemoration. The VHEC has a mandate to collect, preserve and make accessible documentary heritage that supports the organization in its efforts to promote social justice, human rights and genocide awareness. The VHEC will process records related to its annual educational symposium, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Yom HaShoah and Kristallnacht anniversary events, and the High Holidays cemetery service. These records include research and curatorial files, audio-video recordings, multi-media content, design files, plans, photographs, correspondence, and finance-related files. Specifically, the organization will arrange, describe and create a finding aid for event records, and then publish them online to make them accessible and searchable for educators, students, community members and researchers.