The Holocaust Education and Resource Center (HERC), established in 1994, has as its symbol, a "Flame of Remembrance" because it is dedicated to the preservation of memory. The facts and lessons of pre-Holocaust life and of the Holocaust years are made known, remembered and taught in the hope of helping new generations create a better future and of stemming historical revisionism.

The beautiful blown-glass flame was donated in loving memory of Fern Ellen Smith Tepper by her family.