Share Our Stories
Share Our Stories is a multi-part arts education program at Holocaust Museum LA that connects students from Title I schools with Holocaust history through Museum gallery exploration, meaningful engagement with a Holocaust Survivor or descendant, and reflective art making. Designed to complement classroom learning, the program brings together historical learning, personal stories, and creative expression.
As students encounter Holocaust history and Survivors’ stories, they explore themes such as identity, hope, and perseverance, finding points of connection and recognizing their own strength through the stories they hear. The program culminates in a reflective art experience that invites students to transform what they have learned into personal creative expression. Their artwork becomes a response to history—honoring the past, reflecting the present, and inspiring students to create a more dignified and humane world.
Share Our Stories is built around three interconnected experiences:
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Museum Tour: Students participate in a customized, docent-led tour of Holocaust Museum LA centered on artifacts, testimony, primary sources, and individual stories.
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Survivor or Descendant Conversation: Students hear a Holocaust Survivor or descendant share their personal or family story and have the opportunity to ask questions, connecting the history they encounter in the galleries with an individual lived experience.
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Reflective Art Workshop: Students participate in a culminating art workshop. Art projects build on themes from the Museum visit and Survivor or descendant story, giving students an opportunity to reflect, make personal connections, and respond creatively to what they have learned. All art materials are provided by the Museum
Program Details
Museum tour and survivor or descendant dialogue take place on the same day at Holocaust Museum LA, with approximately 90 minutes dedicated to each experience. The reflective art workshop takes place on a separate date, at the participating school.
Bus transportation grants are included, and students receive a pizza lunch at the conclusion of their Museum visit. Schools should plan an additional 30 minutes for lunch before departing from the Museum.
Share Our Stories is offered at no cost to participating schools through a generous grant from the Max H. Gluck Foundation.
Teachers and administrators interested in bringing Share Our Stories to their school community during the 2026–2027 school year are invited to complete the application.
For more information please contact:
Sara Marcus
Arts Education Coordinator
Teen DOR
Teen DOR is a training and leadership program for grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors. DOR stands for “Descendants of Remembrance” and means “generation” in Hebrew, reflecting the program’s commitment to carrying Holocaust memory from one generation to the next.
As opportunities to hear directly from Holocaust Survivors become increasingly limited, Teen DOR prepares students to preserve and share their family’s Holocaust history with accuracy, personal meaning, and a sense of responsibility. Students select a Holocaust Survivor in their family and, through an in-depth exploration of Holocaust history and guidance in family and archival research, storytelling, and public speaking, develop a presentation that places the survivor’s story within its broader historical context. By centering the experiences of one individual, students make an immense and complex history personal, becoming a bridge between their family’s past and future generations.
Upon completing the program, participants are encouraged to share their presentations at Holocaust Museum LA, in their schools and classrooms, at Holocaust remembrance programs, and within other communities they belong to.
Teen DOR is open to students in grades 9–12 and consists of nine weekly, two-hour evening sessions. Participants are expected to attend all sessions and complete assigned work. The next cohort is anticipated to begin in January 2027, and applications will likely open in November 2026.
For more information, please contact:
Eli Susman at eli@hmla.org or Jessie Handler jessie@hmla.org
Voices of History
Art / Film / Culinary Arts Workshops
Voices of History is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture.
Voices of History offers dynamic, arts-based workshops that invite students to explore Holocaust education through creative expression. Past workshops have centered on visual art, culinary arts, theater, and film, giving students meaningful ways to connect with history. Participants have the opportunity to engage in conversations with Holocaust survivors, which inspire original artworks, performances, or short films. In culinary sessions, food becomes a powerful lens to examine memory, culture, history, and resilience. Across all formats, the workshops emphasize themes of identity, storytelling, social action, and remembrance.
For examples of short documentaries created in our Film Workshops, please visit vimeo.com/hmla
For more information on scholarships contact rachel@hmla.org
Upcoming Workshops
FILM WORKSHOP
This interactive film workshop offers students the opportunity to speak with Holocaust survivors and learn from mentors to explore the conversations between documentary, history, memory, resiliency, and inspiration. Students will interview a Holocaust survivor and work together to create a short film about the survivor's experience.
No prior film experience required, just an interest and motivation in learning from the last generation of Holocaust survivors. For examples of previously-made student films, please visit vimeo.com/hmla. Open to students in grades 9-12.
PROGRAM DATES
June 14 - July 9, 2027
(not meeting Friday, July 2 or Monday, July 5)
Monday - Friday
10 AM - 3 PM
LOCATION
Holocaust Museum LA
100 The Grove Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90036
TUITION
$500. Full scholarships available. For more information on scholarships contact rachel@hmla.org
Please note, space is limited. Openings will be filled in the order of applications we receive.
For more information please contact:
Rachel Podber-Kennison
Education Programs Manager
Shapiro Grandchildren Internship Program
Holocaust Museum LA offers internship opportunities for high school, college, and graduate students interested in careers in museums, archives, non-profits, or education. Interns gain professional skills, meet experts, work with mentors, and learn about museum work by having firsthand experience working on a variety of daily tasks and meaningful projects.
High School Internship
HMLA’s High School Summer Internship is an immersive program for motivated students with a strong interest in Holocaust history, survivor testimony, and museum education. Participants gain a strong foundation in Holocaust history through engagement with primary sources, art, media, group discussion, and personal narratives, while learning how museums preserve memory and educate the public.
Throughout the program, interns interact with the Holocaust survivors and/or their descendants, explore museum work and educational philosophy, and develop professional skills including critical thinking, collaboration, and public speaking. Working as a cohort, interns complete a culminating group project that reflects their learning and contributes meaningfully to the museum’s mission.
This internship is ideal for students who are intellectually curious, thoughtful, and passionate about Holocaust education and remembrance.
Program Dates:
June 22 – July 17, 2026
Hours:
Monday–Thursday, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Location:
In person at Holocaust Museum LA
Application Deadline:
Friday, March 27, 2026
For questions, please contact Jessie Handler at jessie@hmla.org.
College Internships
Oral History Internship
Participants will gain experience and exposure to legacy testimony materials, the oral history interview process, and the museum’s approach to cataloging. The intern will assist with the ongoing project of inventorying and cataloging the Museum’s audiovisual materials, including tasks such as reviewing and organizing oral history interviews, creating and editing transcripts, drafting interview abstracts, and producing rich descriptive metadata. This in-person internship provides hands-on experience for those interested in careers in history, public history, writing, library science, archives, or museum studies.
Archival Internship
The Museum’s paid internship program invites qualified candidates to learn about the Holocaust, as well as the way in which a museum operates, specifically related to the archives. Working in a hybrid capacity, interns will learn and assist with the various methods and steps required to process, digitize, preserve, and catalog objects in an environment dedicated to Holocaust history and education. Interns will have the opportunity to research, organize and catalog materials donated to the Museum’s collection, making them accessible via the Museum’s digital database.
Education Internship
Participants will gain experience in Holocaust education, public programming, and museum-based learning. The intern will support the development and facilitation of educational initiatives, working closely with staff to engage diverse audiences and contribute to meaningful, community-centered experiences. This in-person internship provides hands-on experience for those interested in careers in education, history, museum studies, community engagement, or the arts.
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L’Dough V’Dough
Inspired by the Hebrew phrase “L’Dor V’Dor” (“from generation to generation”), L’Dough V’Dough invites students to braid and bake challah while exploring the importance of passing down stories, traditions, and memories from one generation to the next. For generations, Jewish families and communities have baked and shared challah each week for Shabbat and on Jewish holidays, making it a meaningful symbol of Jewish tradition, continuity, and connection. As they knead the dough, participants are invited to share stories and traditions from their own families with one another.
As the challah bakes, students are joined by a Holocaust Survivor or descendant who shares their personal or family story. Just as the tradition of making challah is passed from generation to generation, sharing these stories helps preserve Holocaust memory and carry it forward. Through this hands-on experience and guided conversation, students learn about the Holocaust through an individual story while exploring themes of identity, Jewish history and culture, memory, and social action.
L’Dough V’Dough is designed for students in third grade and above and can take place at Holocaust Museum LA, synagogues, schools, and other community settings.
Research has shown that multisensory experiences like L’Dough V’Dough can engage people with different learning styles while stimulating memory, creativity, and communication.
B’nei Mitzvah:
Acts of Memory:
Acts of Memory, Holocaust Museum LA’s B’nei Mitzvah program, invites students preparing for their Bar or Bat Mitzvah to honor the memory of a child who was murdered in the Holocaust. Students are matched with a child close to their own age and, whenever possible, one who shares a similar name or a connection to a city or country meaningful to them or their family.
Students receive a biography of their matched child that explores their life and family alongside the history of their Jewish community, from before the Holocaust through the persecution it faced, placing the child’s story within its broader historical context. Guided reflection questions introduce students to the Jewish concept of Zachor (“remember”), which calls on us not only to remember the past, but to act in response to that memory. Students are encouraged to incorporate their matched child’s story into their B’nei Mitzvah journey through a mitzvah project, D’var Torah, or another meaningful act of remembrance.
By remembering a child who did not have the opportunity to reach this milestone, participants connect their own simcha to Holocaust memory, responsibility, and Jewish continuity.
There is no charge to participate. A suggested donation of $54 helps continue providing this meaningful experience to students and ensures that the memories of children murdered in the Holocaust are carried forward by future generations.
Teen Advisory
Board
Holocaust Museum LA Teen Advisory Board consists of high school students from schools across Los Angeles who are committed to furthering the Museum's mission to commemorate, educate, and inspire.
Students add their voices and contribute their leadership to the landscape of Holocaust remembrance and education in our community by shaping events and engagements at the Museum. Teen Board Members gather once a month for board meetings and participate in a variety of different programs throughout the school year.
Applications for the 2026–2027 Teen Advisory Board are now closed.