Freeman Family Foundation Holocaust Education Centre

The Holocaust Education Centre was founded by local survivors who were dedicated to building a museum where various groups, especially students, could come and benefit from presentations by Holocaust survivors and educators and look at their precious artifacts which illustrate even further the families and the world that these brave men and women have lost. In January 1999, the HEC amalgamated with the Marion and Ed Vickar Jewish Museum of Western Canada and the Jewish Historical Society of Western Canada to become the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada. The Jewish Heritage Centre is now performing all the functions of the Museum, Holocaust Centre, and Historical Society combined, to continue to preserve the Heritage of the Jewish people of Western Canada. 

The Centre’s exhibits consist of artefacts donated by Manitoba Holocaust survivors and their families. Text panels further outline the history of the Holocaust.