The Holocaust Educational Foundation is a private nonprofit organization founded by Theodore Zev Weiss in 1976.. Its purpose is to record the testimony of survivors and promote the creation of creating courses in Holocaust Studies. It has helped establish courses at that subject at over 400 colleges.

On January 17, 2011, it announced plans to become part of Northwestern University

Northwestern University

Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....

, donating a $5 million endowment to the University to support the program