Mark Weitzman is Chief Operating Officer for the World Jewish Restitution Organization where he plays a leading role in organization’s advocacy and negotiations efforts to recover Jewish properties in Europe in pursuit of a measure of justice for Holocaust survivors, their families, and Jewish communities. Previously he was Director of Government Affairs for the Simon […]
Join the Museum for a free lecture and book signing from Tim Madigan, author of The Burning: Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. On the night of May 31 through June 1, 1921, following an alleged assault on a white woman, a mob of hundreds of white supremacists descended upon the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma. […]
Museum admission will be free in observance of the anniversary of Union General Gordon Granger arriving in Galveston, Texas to inform enslaved African Americans about their emancipation, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation passed.
Join Holocaust Museum Houston for a one-day educator workshop on teaching the Holocaust. Educators will learn approaches to teaching the Holocaust using activities and resources designed for the classroom. Educators will be introduced to the Holocaust through tours of HMH’s Galleries and gain instructional strategies and resources to support Holocaust education in their classrooms. Participants […]
Rachael Cerrotti is an award-winning author, educator, and curator. Through an interdisciplinary practice, she explores stories rooted in the humanity of grief and inherited memory. Her flagship project, We Share The Same Sky, is a decade-long story following her grandmother’s wartime history. She is now a fellow with The Witness Institute and New America, and hosts […]
