Holocaust Center Spotlights Role of Latin America as Refuge

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Mercer County Holocaust-Genocide Resource Center
provided information regarding the role Latin America played for European Jews seeking refuge
 from 1933 through 1945. Christina Chavarria, program coordinator at the United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum in Washington, researched Latin America as a refuge during the Holocaust and
 urged that these less-familiar stories be told alongside more common tales of survivors who fled
 to the United States and Israel. Some 84,000 Jewish refugees escaped the Nazis by immigrating
At the museum,she highlights the importance of using individual stories and specific artifacts to
 make history live for students.