Introducing the Project Witness Digital Learning Hub: A New Era of Holocaust and Antisemitism Education

In a world of constant digital evolution—and rising hate—Project Witness is taking a bold step forward in Holocaust education. This fall, we will debut the Project Witness Digital Learning Hub, a groundbreaking online platform designed to reshape how students and educators engage with the Holocaust, antisemitism, and media literacy.

Building on two decades of trusted educational programming, the Digital Hub marks a new chapter: one where historical truth is defended through innovation, and where Jewish memory is preserved through dynamic, interactive learning. The beta launch in Fall 2025 will offer schools, educators, and students across the country early access to this powerful new resource—one that combines storytelling, scholarship, and technology into a unified digital experience.

A Vision Rooted in Memory and Empowered by Technology

The vision behind the Digital Hub is simple but ambitious: to make Holocaust education more accessible, more personal, and more effective—especially for the next generation. With classroom hours shrinking and misinformation growing, there is an urgent need for resources that are not only factually rigorous but also emotionally resonant and adaptable to 21st-century learners.

From animated storytelling to teacher training, gamified media literacy to AI-powered research tools, the Digital Hub meets students and teachers where they are: online, curious, and in need of guidance through the noise.

A Modular Ecosystem of Learning Tools

The Digital Hub is not a single program—it is an ecosystem. Upon launch, it will feature multiple interlocking components, each tailored to specific age groups, learning needs, and teaching goals:

1. Teacher Training Modules

The first of these, the Anti-Antisemitism Educator Training Module, was piloted in partnership with the New York City Department of Education, where over 50 educators completed the program and gave it strong ratings across all categories. Revised based on their feedback, this module will soon be scalable across additional districts and networks, empowering educators to confidently address antisemitism in their classrooms.

2. Animated Storytelling Learning Modules

At the heart of the student experience are five powerful animated shorts, each telling the true story of a young Jewish diarist during the Holocaust. The featured diarists—Moshe Flinker, Rywka Lipszyc, Ruthka Lieblich, Yitskhok Rudashevski, and Anita Budding Meyer—left behind handwritten testimonies of terror, hope, resistance, and resilience. Their voices, brought to life through animation and paired with complete lesson plans and guided activities, serve as emotional anchors for learning.

Each animation will also have a corresponding interactive digital module, inviting students to explore historical context, analyze diary excerpts, and reflect on the moral and ethical choices faced by young people during the Holocaust.

3. Documentary Integration

These shorts come together in We Dared to Write, an educational documentary that weaves the five diarists’ animated stories with expert interviews and historical commentary. The film will premiere on July 23, 2025, with community screenings and school-based rollouts planned throughout the academic year, all supported by resources housed in the Digital Hub.

4. Gamified Learning and Critical Thinking Tools

To help students sharpen their analytical skills, the Hub will include mini-games focused on identifying logical fallacies, cognitive biases, and the tactics of propaganda—essential tools for navigating today’s media-saturated world. These activities are designed to foster intellectual independence and responsible citizenship, grounded in the lessons of the Holocaust.

5. The Witness to History ScholarBot

Planned for full integration by late 2025, this AI-powered tool will allow users to ask questions about Holocaust history and receive responses backed by primary and secondary sources, complete with citations and historical images. The ScholarBot will function like a virtual research companion—turning inquiry into discovery, and history into lived understanding.

Designed for Classrooms, Optimized for Flexibility

All content in the Digital Hub is designed to meet the demands of real classrooms: short, standards-aligned, easy to implement, and emotionally compelling. Whether used as a multi-week unit or as a single-day learning experience, the platform will offer teachers plug-and-play options and in-depth guides alike.

Middle school students will explore identity, ethics, and civic responsibility through storytelling journeys. High schoolers will engage with primary sources, develop historical literacy, and tackle complex questions about human behavior and moral courage. Teachers will find ready-made resources as well as professional development tools, all in one streamlined interface.

Fall/Winter 2025 Beta Launch

The beta version of the Digital Learning Hub will launch in Fall/Winter 2025, with selected partner schools receiving early access to pilot the full platform. These initial users will help shape the future of the Hub through structured feedback, ensuring that the final public release reflects the real-world needs of students and educators nationwide.

In the months leading up to the beta, Project Witness will continue building partnerships with schools, districts, educational networks, and Jewish and interfaith organizations across North America to ensure wide impact.

Preserving the Past, Empowering the Future

In an era of increasing antisemitism and rising historical denial, Holocaust education must be more than a history lesson—it must be a call to conscience. The Project Witness Digital Learning Hub is our response: a fusion of memory and technology, tradition and innovation, truth and voice.

This is not just about the past. It’s about preparing the next generation to understand, remember, and stand up—for history, for justice, and for one another.

For partnership inquiries, beta access information, or educator support, email info@projectwitness.org.