The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27 – the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau – as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. HMH will commemorate and honor the six million Jews and other innocent victims of the Holocaust with free admission on Tuesday, January 27.
Doors Open 6:00 pm Please join Holocaust Museum Houston, The Consulate General of Israel and AJC Houston in honoring diplomats who risked their lives to save thousands of Jewish men, women, and children during the Holocaust. Guests will be able to view the exhibit that features the stories of diplomats who used their influence to […]
Join the Houston Holocaust Survivors and Descendants, together with Holocaust Museum Houston, for an innovative program for children ages 9-12 with a parent(s) and/or grandparent(s). The program will include a screening of the HBO film The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm. Afterward, the Museum’s education department will facilitate group discussions and activities for kids and provide tools […]
Through visual testimony and the context of art history, Nothing to Do But To Try is a first-of-its-kind exhibition about Boris Lurie, an acclaimed artist, writer, and Holocaust survivor. Centered around Lurie’s earliest work, the so-called “War Series,” as well as never-before-exhibited objects and ephemera from his personal collection, Boris Lurie: Nothing to Do But To Try presents a […]
Join Holocaust Museum Houston for this program featuring music from Ilana Zaks Nederlander, lecture from Stephanie Stebich, and recorded testimony. The evening will shine a light on the life and legacy of Boris Lurie who survived the Holocaust and went on become an artist, activist, and founder of the NO!art movement.
Between 1940-1945 the sheer luck of where you were living made a world of difference to the Jews of Scandinavia. For unique political and geographic reasons, the Scandinavian Jews of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark had very different experiences. During the German occupation, Jews were rounded up and sent to concentration camps. Defying the occupying […]