Some Are Guilty, But All Are Responsible
Once again, a community in Maine has been the victim of a crime of hate and ignorance, to which we all must respond. The Press Herald’s report of swastikas and other hateful graffiti left Read More >
At the Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine, we advocate the examined life.
Our mission: getting to the bottom of intolerance. By teaching people to think about others by thinking for themselves, we join the effort to create an ethically literate future society.
Through forward-looking initiatives in education, exhibition, and advocacy, we engage students and spectators of all backgrounds, and expand the study of the Holocaust to address all abuse of human rights – from racial genocide to civil injustice to one human being’s unreasoning hatred.
Hatred thrives, the danger is real. Saying "never again" is not enough. If to forget the past condemns us to repeat it, we make our own history by what we choose to remember – and keep our promise to the future by what we choose to do.