Brant co-founded 3GDC 15 years ago, recognizing the need for grandchildren of Holocaust survivors to unite and share their grandparents' stories. Both of Brant's maternal grandparents survived the Holocaust, and their experiences have greatly impacted his life.

Brant grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. In high school, he traveled to Poland and saw the concentration camps where his grandparents were imprisoned, sparking his lifelong commitment to ensuring that nothing like the Holocaust can ever happen again.

Brant earned his undergraduate degree from Syracuse University and his law degree from Georgetown University. After graduating from law school, Brant spent 25 years working for the federal government, including in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, where he chaired the Federal Interagency Holocaust Remembrance Committee. Brant currently works as a civil rights attorney in Washington, D.C.

Brant’s Grandma Hanna was born in Lodz, Poland in 1925. She persevered in the Lodz ghetto and survived three concentration camps: Auschwitz, Bergen Belsen, and Salzwedel. After being liberated, Hanna met Karl—Brant’s grandfather—who was also from Poland and who also survived Auschwitz. They married in Germany and started a family there before immigrating to the United States.

-Scholars Academy, Rockaway Park, NY, 10th grade

-B’nai Tzedek, Potomac, MD, 7th grade

-Solvey High School, Solvey NY, 10th grade

-Bell Multicultural High School, Washington, DC, 11th grade

-Henninger High School, Syracuse, NY 12th grade

-Corcoran High School, Syracuse, NY, 11-12th grade (twice)

-Liverpool Middle School, Liverpool, NY, 8th grade

-Francis Parker Middle School, Louisville, KY, 7th grade (Four times)

-Homer High School, Homer, NY, 10th grade

-EL Haynes High School, Washington, DC, 9th Grade

-Southern High School, Louisville, KY, 9th Grade

-Federal Interagency Holocaust Remembrance Program

-Broad Run High School, Ashburn, VA, 10th grade

-Jamesville DeWitt Middle School, Syracuse, NY, 8th grade

-Ballston Spa Middle School, Ballston Spa, NY, 8th grade

-Grant Middle School, Syracuse, NY, 8th Grade

-Nightengale Elementary School, Massena, NY, 7th grade (twice)

-Ramsey Middle School, Louisville, KY, 8th grade

-Broadalbin-Perth Elementary School, Amsterdam, NY, 6th grade