The Institute for Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is a locus for research and teaching on the Holocaust, as well as on the memory and representation of this and other genocides. Its three primary organizing and research rubrics are: History, Memory, and Education.
The Institute’s principal activities include: teaching and research, public events and lectures, permanent exhibition visits and training. The Institute also houses a research library and archive, as well as collections of multiple media, including photographs and film, art and artifacts.
This permanent teaching exhibition, "A Reason to Remember: Roth, Germany 1933-1942," is based on the personal stories of five Jewish families who lived in the small village of Roth, Germany between 1933 and 1942. Their stories are linked to the political and historical events of the Holocaust.