As the 2022 legislative sessions for Colorado and New Mexico advance and Wyoming lawmakers prepare to begin work, the ADL Mountain States Region is focused on supporting legislation to protect houses of worship and promote Holocaust and genocide education. In Colorado, ADL is working closely with the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC), lawmakers and an extensive network of coalition

“For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.” – Elie Wiesel   Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day (IHRD), which marks 77 years since the liberation of Auschwitz. Since 2005, the UN and its member states have held commemoration ceremonies to mark this anniversary and to honor the six million Jews and millions of other victims of the Holocaust.

Educators, students and families have endured a school year like no other with the only constant being change. ADL was grateful to have been able to provide a familiar essay contest in 2021 for educators and students, A Tribute to Moral Courage: Standing Up Against Injustice. Students submitted over 150 essays from across our region, researching those that have given us hope in the past and so

The ADL Mountain States Region thanks Governor Jared Polis for his proclamation declaring April 4-10 as Holocaust Remembrance Week in Colorado. View the proclamation here. The full text of the proclamation follows. PROCLAMATION: WHEREAS, the Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was a tragic genocide where approximately six million Jews and five million other persons were systematically killed by the

  Colorado Holocaust Survivors Speak Out This year, five Colorado Holocaust Survivors – Eric Cahn, Roslyn Kirkel, Peter Ney, Osi Sladek and Fanny Starr – answered the question: what do we still have to learn today from the lessons of the Holocaust? Listen to their message here.