Who We Are
WHO WE ARE
The Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program was established by the Azrieli Foundation in 2005 to collect, publish and share the memoirs and diaries written by survivors of the Holocaust who came to Canada. We have published the stories of over 125 survivor authors. These books are read every year by students across Canada, and we have provided more than 700,000 copies of our award-winning memoirs to Canadian educators and students. Students tell us how important these books are to them and how moved they are by the authors’ experiences. The memoirs encou- rage readers to engage thoughtfully and cri- tically with the complexities of the Holocaust by creating meaningful connections with the lives of survivors.
Stories bring history to life, and that’s why we distribute these memoirs — published in both English and French and available as print books, ebooks and PDFs — free of charge to educational institutions across Canada, as well as a limited number of copies of our new audiobooks. The books and audiobooks are also available for sale online for everyone. Our editorial and research staff carefully fact-check the accounts and offer readers supplementary material, such as glossaries, introductions written by experts and maps. We also create a variety of bilingual edu- cational materials, made for and tested by the teachers who use these memoirs in their classrooms. We are here to make it easier for you to bring the subject of the Holocaust into your classroom, by helping your students connect with history through first-person stories.
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