Woman, the Spirit of the Universe
Woman, the Spirit of the Universe features stunning bronze collars inspired by 23 American heroines who fought bravely and tirelessly for equality. The collars are stitched by hand using hand-worked […]
Woman, the Spirit of the Universe features stunning bronze collars inspired by 23 American heroines who fought bravely and tirelessly for equality. The collars are stitched by hand using hand-worked […]
Self-Portrait, Charlotte SalomonCollection Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam © Charlotte Salomon Foundation Descubra uno de los logros más importantes y poderosos del siglo 20: la singular y compleja obra de arte ¿Vida? ¿O teatro? de la artista judía alemana, Charlotte Salomon, que a través de imágenes y texto cuentan la historia ligeramente ficticia e imaginada teatralmente […]
Since 1996, Holocaust Museum Houston has been committed to honoring Holocaust survivors’ legacy and ensuring Houston Survivor stories live on in perpetuity. This annual exhibition offers a video introduction of Houston Holocaust Survivors featuring family members’ testimonies and clips of Survivors telling their stories. Family artifacts will also be showcased throughout the exhibition. This installment […]
Pope John Paul II greets Rabbi Elio Toaff, chief rabbi of Rome, during his visit to the Synagogue of Rome on April 13, Pope John Paul II greets Rabbi Elio Toaff, chief rabbi of Rome, during his visit to the Synagogue of Rome on April 13, 1986, becoming the first pope to join Jews in […]
Celebrated artist and Holocaust survivor Alice Lok Cahana made a vow as she faced the horrors of Auschwitz, and later, the Bergen-Belsen camp - if she survived, she would not hate those who imprisoned her and, she later learned, those who murdered her family. "If I hate," Cahana often told friends, "That means Hitler would've […]
November 9, 1938, marked the start of the November Pogroms, when violent antisemitic demonstrations broke out across Germany, Austria, and the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. This exhibition will shed light on the events as exemplified within several Jewish families in Ladenburg, Germany. It gives a picture of the city’s residents and their relations to one […]
Veinte años atrás, Burton D. Reckles descubrió el antiguo arte náutico de construir barcos dentro de botellas. Sus miniaturas construidas desde cero son un mundo aparte de los kits de modelos tradicionales que se venden en las tiendas, y requieren de muchas horas de investigación dirigida a crear una meticulosa obra de arte. En “Antisemitismo: […]
Testigo: Una comunidad recuerda es la Galería del Holocausto en el Museo del Holocausto de Houston. La Galería está personalizada con el testimonio de los sobrevivientes del Holocausto que luego se establecieron en el área de Houston. Estos increíbles individuos vivieron una guerra genocida que infligió una muerte masiva a un número sin precedentes de […]
En la Europa nazi, los adolescentes judíos escribían en cuadernos deteriorados. Muy lejos en los Estados Unidos, los jóvenes en los campos de internación japoneses hicieron lo mismo. Décadas después, les tocó el turno a los niños de Sarajevo en tiempos de guerra. Más recientemente, en Irak y Siria, los jóvenes escritores hicieron llegar sus […]
En el Museo del Holocausto de Houston nos sentimos profundamente honrados de que la Galería y Centro de aprendizaje Samuel Bak sirva como una galería internacional permanente para sus pinturas, […]