ALERT

New Location

AHEC staff is currently working from our new location on Highland Avenue, with teacher and community programs being hosted on-site. Stay tuned for announcements for our opening to the general public once our new state-of-the-art exhibit is completed.

Events

The Alabama Holocaust Education Center offers a variety of educational programs that seek to educate about the events of the Holocaust and its lessons for future generations. Programs include presentations by survivors, family members of survivors, academics, and authors, plus myriad programs aimed at educators. Other events include our annual L’Chaim celebration.

Find videos of past events on our Vimeo channel.

A screenshot of a Zoom presentation showing UAB Professor of History Jonathan Wiesen and a page from a photo album showing three black and white photos under the title "Arrival of a transport train." — Professor Jonathan Wiesen, chair of the History Department at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, shows a page from a period photo album during his online presentation of “Auschwitz 1944: Victims and Perpetrators in Two Photo Albums.”