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Overview The Tennessee Holocaust Commission was created in 1984 by an act of the State Legislature. As its first formal act, The Commission created a memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. It stands on the grounds of the State Capitol. Ever since, the Commission has sponsored annual Days of Remembrance in locations statewide including an observance on the Capitol grounds. New legislation in May 1996 recreated the Commission as the Tennessee Commission on Holocaust Education. The name change recognized the primary role of the Commission as education--at all levels and for all citizens. In conjunction with this change, a parallel body was created, Tennessee Holocaust Commission, Inc., (THC), a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to furthering the cause of Holocaust education and remembrance. The two entities share a Board of Directors. The Commission provides a variety of educational services and opportunities. It sponsors conferences for students, secondary school teachers, university faculties and the general public in addition to other special Holocaust programming. A State appropriation matched, in part, by funds raised privately provides financial support for programming. Donations are tax deductible. Days
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