Holocaust Memorial Center Creates The Speakers Bureau

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. - Dec. 17, 2013 - PRLog -- The Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus (www.holocaustcenter.org) announced the creation of The Speakers Bureau designed to bring the museum to community groups that may not be able to come to the Center.

“We understand that not everyone has the time and/or capacity to come out to our museum,” said Holocaust Memorial Center Executive Director Stephen M. Goldman.  “Our goal is to bring the museum to them.  Teach what the Holocaust was and the lessons learned not just about this horrible period but the fantastic displays of courage, strength and righteousness that also resulted and brought us hope.”

Audiences will have the opportunity to hear from one of the Holocaust Memorial Center’s highly trained docents and view a presentation featuring Holocaust-related images from the museum’s archives, exhibits and displays.  A Q&A session with the docent concludes the program, which can be tailored to suit a 30-60 minute timeframe.

Those wishing to coordinate having a member of The Speakers Bureau should contact Tour Coordinator Gail Cohen at 248-553-2400, ext. 10.  Travel distance on appearances will be limited to locations within a two-hour maximum time frame.

About the Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus

The Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus opened in 1984.  Local Holocaust survivors, with community support, founded the museum to teach about the senseless murder of millions, and why everyone must respect and stand up for the rights of others if the world is to prevent future discrimination, hate crime and genocide. As Michigan’s only Holocaust museum, the Holocaust Memorial Center annually touches the lives of more than 85,000 individuals, who leave the museum profoundly affected with a newly acquired sense of history, social responsibility and morality. The Holocaust Memorial Center’s exhibits create a call to action, teaching visitors through the examples of those who risked their lives to save others, and asking its guests to react to contemporary challenges such as racism, intolerance, bullying and prejudice.

The facility is wheelchair accessible and free parking is available at both the North and South entrances.

For more information on the Holocaust Memorial Center, visit www.holocaustcenter.org, or call 248-553-2400.