Holocaust Educational Foundation

Holocaust Education Foundation
AbbreviationHEF
Established1976 (1976)
FounderTheodore Zev Weiss
Founded atSkokie, Illinois
TypeNonprofit
Purposeeducation
Location
  • Evanston, Illinois, USA
Fieldsthe Holocaust
Director
Sarah Cushman
Parent organization
Northwestern University

The Holocaust Educational Foundation (HEF) is a nonprofit organization founded by Theodore Zev Weiss in 1976 and dedicated to the support of teaching and research about the Holocaust at the university level. A part of Northwestern University since 2013, HEF has helped create curriculum materials about the Holocaust in use at more than 400 colleges.