Stiftung Edith und Helmut Steiner
Goldach, Switzerland
About
Founded in 1993, Stiftung Edith und Helmut Steiner is a grant-making foundation based in Goldach, Switzerland working on human rights, refugees & migration, education.
The Stiftung Edith und Helmut Steiner is a Swiss non-profit foundation founded in 1993 by the children of Edith and Helmut Steiner. It works to combat antisemitism and supports threatened Jewish people, awarding small grants to selected projects that match its purpose. Since 2021 its purpose also includes the prevention of antisemitism. Its projects include historical education on the 1945 rescue train to St. Gallen, a training programme against online antisemitism, and support for Jewish refugees. The foundation is based in Goldach, canton St. Gallen.
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Zug in die Freiheit Vermittlungsprojekte
Education · Switzerland
Educational projects presenting the 1945 rescue of 1200 Jews from Theresienstadt via St. Gallen, including exhibitions and teaching material developed with the PHSG and partners.
Kartenset Antisemitismus im Alltag
Education · Switzerland
Card set for young people showing ways to recognise and respond to everyday antisemitism, with argumentation aids, based on quotes collected by the GRA.
REACH CH
Human rights · Switzerland
Training programme with FOA that teaches volunteers to identify, monitor and report antisemitic content on social media platforms and builds a Swiss community of reporters.
Aufnahme und Betreuung von jüdischen Frauen und Kindern aus der Ukraine
Refugees & Migration
Support for the reception and care of Jewish women and children from Ukraine, delivered through Jewish communities' taskforces.
Musical Die Furtigen
Education · Switzerland
Musical created by trainee teachers at the PHSG about encounters between border residents in St. Gallen canton and refugees during and after the Second World War.
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Fighting Online Antisemitism (FOA), Schweizerischer Israelitischer Gemeindebund (SIG), Stiftung gegen Rassismus und Antisemitismus (GRA), Pädagogische Hochschule St. Gallen (PHSG), Verband Schweizerischer Jüdischer Fürsorgen (VSJF), Israelitische Gemeinde Basel
