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2008 Events |
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Bonhoeffer Tours |
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10/5/2008 3:00 PM |
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Location: Morgan Family Center |
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| Free tours of the Holocaust Museum Houston Permanent Exhibition focusing on the ministry of Lutheran pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer in the context of the events of the Holocaust will be offered each Sunday in October beginning at 3 p.m. at Holocaust Museum Houston. Call Visitor Services at 713-942-8000, ext. 102, to book a tour for 10 or more or e-mail |
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Rosh Hashanah |
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9/30/2008 09:00 AM
- 5:00 PM |
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Location: Morgan Family Center |
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| Holocaust Museum Houston will be closed to the public on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008, in observance of Rosh Hashanah. |
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Smithsonian Magazine’s National Museum Day |
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9/27/2008 00:00 AM
- 5:00 PM |
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Location: Morgan Family Center |
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Speaker: Holocaust Survivors Pauline and Samuel Rubin |
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| Holocaust Museum Houston is honored to participate in this year’s National Museum Day sponsored by Smithsonian magazine. More than 600 Museums nationwide will open their doors for free to magazine readers and Smithsonian.com Web site visitors. Bring your Smithsonian magazine admission card from the September 2008 issue or download your card from www.Smithsonian.com to hear special presentations by Houston-area Holocaust survivors at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. For more information, call 713-942-8000 or e-mail |
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Houston Museum District Day |
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9/20/2008 10:00 AM
- 5:00 PM |
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Location: Morgan Family Center |
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Speaker: Chaja Verveer and Ben Waserman |
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| This event has been postponed due to Hurricane Ike. Please watch our Web site for further details. For more information, call 713-942-8000 or e-mail |
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Teaching Training for the Curriculum Trunk Program (Elementary Schools) |
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9/13/2008 1:00 PM
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Location: Avrohm I. Wisenberg Multipurpose Learning Center |
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| Holocaust Museum Houston invites teachers to familiarize themselves with our dynamic curriculum trunk program and to request trunks for use in class. Trunks are designed especially for use by elementary school, middle school, high school and college educators to assist them in teaching, not only the historical facts relating to the Holocaust, but more importantly, the lessons of prejudice awareness and the consequences of apathy in society. Training is provided at all levels of proficiency of Holocaust knowledge, and trunks are shipped nationwide and around the world to requesting teachers on a first-come, first-served basis. Training is free but teachers must register one week prior to the event. For more information, call 713-942-8000, ext. 118 or e-mail |
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Remarks by the Honorable Madeleine K. Albright |
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9/11/2008 7:30 PM |
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Location: University Theater, Morris Cultural Arts Center, Houston Baptist University, 7502 Fondren Rd. |
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Speaker: Madeleine Albright |
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Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright speaks with humor, insight and eloquence about her life and career as a refugee girl who rose to become the world's most powerful woman. Albright sketches a vivid portrait of her years as secretary of state and offers candid descriptions of foreign leaders she encountered throughout the world. She also discusses America’s role in the world, the effect of strife on the global economy, current regional conflicts, the future of democracy, and the challenge of ensuring security and building peace. While in office, Albright was renowned for her courage in "telling it like it is." Now, as she begins a new life as an aspiring author and businessperson, she provides audiences with a unique and no-holds-barred account of service at the highest levels of the American government. Admission is free. For more information, call 713-942-8000, ext. 104 or e-mail |
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Labor Day Weekend |
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9/1/2008 12:00 PM
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Location: Morgan Family Center |
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| Holocaust Museum Houston will open at noon on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, in observance of Labor Day. |
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Law Enforcement in Society: Lessons of the Holocaust |
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8/21/2008 08:00 AM
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Location: Avrohm I. Wisenberg Multipurpose Learning Center |
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| Holocaust Museum Houston, the Anti-Defamation League Southwest Region and the Houston Police Department work together to offer training for recruit, in-service and command-level law enforcement officers in this day-long session. The program offered in Houston is based on a model developed at the national level by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the ADL. The resulting program in Houston, Law Enforcement in Society: Lessons of the Holocaust examines the history of the Holocaust and the role of modern law enforcement in society against the backdrop of local law enforcement during the Holocaust. The course encourages law enforcement officials to reflect upon their professional and personal responsibilities in our pluralistic and democratic society. Attendees earn 8 hours of TCLEOSE credit. This free course is open to law enforcement officers and others who are interested in learning about the roles of law enforcement in the Holocaust and how law enforcement officers are pivotal in upholding democratic values today. For more information, contact 713-942-8000, ext. 118 or e-mail education@hmh.org. Law enforcement personnel interested in registering to attend should call 713-627-3490, ext. 134, or e-mail ADL's law enforcement liaison at |
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Hitler's Al Qaeda? Making Sense of Participation in the Holocaust |
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8/14/2008 7:00 PM
- 9:00 PM |
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Location: Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater |
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Speaker: Dr. Mark Roseman |
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Join us for this free public lecture by Dr. Mark Roseman, chair of the Jewish Studies Program at Indiana University in Bloomington and a professor in its Department of History. Roseman is the winner of numerous awards for his research on the Holocaust and has published several books on the subject. Admission is free, but seating is limited and advance registration is required. Visit www.hmh.org/register.asp to register online. For more information, call 713-942-8000, ext. 100 or e-mail |
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Independence Day Weekend |
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7/4/2008 12:00 PM
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Location: Morgan Family Center |
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| Holocaust Museum Houston will open at noon on Friday, July 4, 2008, in observance of Independence Day.
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Who Will Write Our History?: Emanuel Ringelblum, the Warsaw Ghetto and the Oyneg Shabes |
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6/26/2008 7:00 PM
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Location: Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater |
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Speaker: Dr. Samuel D. Kassow |
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| In a review of Dr. Samuel D. Kassow’s “Who Will Write Our History?: Emanuel Ringelblum, the Warsaw Ghetto and the Oyneg Shabes Archive,” scholar David Roskies wrote: “Two major historians meet in this book: one named Ringelblum, the other named Kassow.” In 1940, historian Emanuel Ringelblum established a clandestine organization code named Oyneg Shabat in Nazi-occupied Warsaw to document Jewish life in wartime Poland and to compile an archive that would preserve this history for posterity. The work of Ringelblum’s group survives as a record of resistance to the Nazi regime. The Ringelblum Archive, parts of which were recently exhibited at Holocaust Museum Houston, has served to enlighten and inform learners about the lives and experiences of Polish Jewry. Kassow is the Charles Northam Professor of History at Trinity College and will present this definitive biography, which illuminates Ringelblum’s remarkable achievements and his charismatic personality. Admission is free, but seating is limited and advance registration is required. Visit www.hmh.org/register.asp to register online. For more information, call 713-942-8000, ext. 104 or e-mail |
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The Shoah through the Eyes of a Woman in Love in Amsterdam |
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6/24/2008 7:00 PM
- 9:00 PM |
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Location: Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater |
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Speaker: Dr. Gideon Greif |
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Dr. Gideon Greif, scholar-in-residence for the 2008 Max M. Kaplan Summer Institute for Educators, will discuss the diary kept by Etty Hillesum to explore her perspective on the German occupation of the Netherlands and the subsequent time she spent in Westerbork and Auschwitz. Hillesum’s unique diary describes her feminist ideals and her personal life as the shadow of the Holocaust encroaches more and more on her life. On the ground of the approaching catastrophe, she develops a new philosophy of life. Despite the optimism evident in her writing, Hillesum prophesized the “horrible end of all Jews in Europe.” Greif is an Israeli historian and educator at Yad Vashem, Israel. Admission is free, but seating is limited and advance registration is required. Visit www.hmh.org/register.asp to register online. For more information, call 713-942-8000, ext. 104 or e-mail |
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Holocaust Museum Houston
5401 Caroline St.
Houston, Texas 77004-6804
713-942-8000
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Holocaust Museum Houston is a member of the Houston Museum District Association and is located in Houston's Museum District. |
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The Museum is open to the public seven days a week.
General admission is free.
Monday to Friday,
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday,
Noon to 5:00 p.m.
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The Laurie and Milton Boniuk Resource Center and Library is also open to the public seven days a week.
Monday to Friday,
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday,
Noon to 5:00 p.m. |
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Docent-led tours can be scheduled for schools and groups of ten or more. Tours are available in Spanish, English and French. |
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To arrange a docent-led tour, please call Visitor Services at 713-942-8000, ext. 302 or submit the form below.
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Guided tours are available for all visitors on Saturday and Sunday. Weekend tours run at 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. |
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