The Holocaust Center of Northern California (HCNC) is a non-profit organization formed to ensure that the lessons of the Holocaust never be forgotten. HCNC provides services and programs to fulfill its mission of education, research and remembrance. In 2010, the Holocaust Center of Northern California's collections and programs were relocated to Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin, and Sonoma Counties to form the "JFCS Holocaust Center". History The Holocaust Center of Northern California, formerly known as The Holocaust Library and Research Center of San Francisco, was established in 1977 in reaction to the opening of a Nazi bookstore in a neighborhood in San Francisco where a large population of Holocaust survivors lived. Enraged, several Holocaust survivors broke into the bookstore and set fire to its inventory. Two individuals – Mr. Morris Weiss and his son Allan Weiss – were arrested. The Jewish Community Relations Council intervened on behalf of the Weisses who were released. A Committee of Remembrance was formed, composed of Holocaust survivors and refugees, who decided to initiate three projects: An annual day of remembrance for Holocaust victims: The first Yom HaShoah commemoration was held in April 1978 Establishment of a research library: The Holocaust Library and Research Center of San Francisco, opened in 1979. A lasting memorial in San Francisco: "Holocaust," dedicated in November 1984 in Lincoln Park, was created by the sculptor George Segal. The Holocaust Center of Northern California is in collaboration with the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service. The Bay Area Holocaust Oral History Project merged with the HCNC. HCNC Programs and Services Education HCNC provides educational opportunities to students and educators through its various programs: Survivors Speakers Bureau Manovill Holocaust History Fellowship Day of Learning (annual day-long program of workshops on the Holocaust and genocide) Shalhevet (an annual trip to Poland and Israel) Morris Weiss scholarship Educator workshops Educator resource center HCNC also provides adult education opportunities by sponsoring lectures and film series, and collaborating with other cultural institutions to co-sponsor community performances, exhibits, films, conferences and seminars. HCNC is a primary sponsor of annual community Yom HaShoah commemorations throughout the Bay Area. Tauber Holocaust Library HCNC's Laszlo N. Tauber Library and Research includes over 12,000 volumes on the Holocaust and genocide, as well as an archives which features personal papers, government records, rare books, photographs, artifacts and special collections. Special collections include a Historical Pamphlet collection, Periodicals collection,