Holocaust Foundation

The Holocaust Foundation is one of the few outspoken Jewish organizations in Russia that has consistently promoting Holocaust studies and values of tolerance since 1992. It preserves knowledge on the Holocaust by gathering testimonies and historical materials, and by publishing books on the subject.

After-School Tolerance Programming

GPG funds several extracurricular classes in Moscow schools that focus on preventing the spread of xenophobic and anti-Semitic tendencies among teenagers in modern-day Russia. In addition to the history of the Holocaust, teenagers are exposed to vibrant examples of Jewish culture and tradition.

”There Is No Such Thing As The Holocaust Of One Nation”

In 2008, the Russian Research and Eductional Holocaust Center and the Holocaust Foundation developed and tested an innovative methodology of extra-curriculum studies with Moscow high school students. The project involved 422 students. During organized meetings, students analyzed lessons of the Holocaust and discussed possible ways of fighting xenophobia and anti-Semitism in today's Russia. A men's Jewish choir, Hassidic Capella, participated in the lessons.

The Russian research and educational Holocaust Center and the Holocaust Foundation

In May 2010, GPG awarded a grant to develop the Russian Research and Educational Holocaust Center and the Holocaust Foundation. The grant will allow the center to broaden the spectrum of its activities and to establish international collaboration and partnerships.

The center’s goal is the preservation of the memory of the Shoah on the territory of the FSU, re-energizing the efforts of Jewish communities, educators, researchers, school students and youth organizations in preserving information about the victims and collecting witness accounts of the Holocaust from its survivors.

The Holocaust: Remembrance and Warning Conference

In 2010, Genesis Philanthropy Group funded the 10th annual high school student conference, entitled “The Holocaust: Remembrance and Warning,” organized by the Research and Education Holocaust Center in Brest, Belarus. The conference participants were winners of local competitions of academic projects on the study of the Shoah.

Since 2010 was an anniversary of the victory in World War II, the conference was expanded to include university students and instructors, thus bringing together several generations of young researchers. The conference proceedings were published.

The students' projects were supported by the Genesis Philanthropy Group, the European Jewish Fund, the Joint Distribution Committee, the Russian Jewish Congress, the Conference of European Rabbis, the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany and other organizations.