“The Walk to Freedom”
Join the Houston Museum of African American Culture (HMAAC) and Holocaust Museum Houston as we come together to commemorate Juneteenth. Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration marking the ending of […]
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Houston Museum of African American Culture, 4807 Caroline St., Houston, TX 77004
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Free Admission Day in honor of Stefi Altman
Holocaust Museum HoustonMuseum admission will be waived on Wednesday, May 15, 2019 in honor of Holocaust survivor Stefi Altman, z"l. Stefi Altman was just 13 years old when Germany overran Poland in September 1939. Soon after, Stefi's two older brothers were arrested and sent to a labor camp, and Nazi soldiers brutally beat her father and drove […]
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Free Admission Day in honor of Walter Kase
Holocaust Museum HoustonMuseum admission fees will be waived on Sunday, May 5, 2019 in honor of Holocaust survivor Walter Kase, z"l. When Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, it soon became clear that Walter's family's lives would never be the same again. At the end of 1940, Walter, his parents and his sister, Rysia, were herded into […]
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Coexistence Spoken Word Performance
Miller Outdoor Theatreoin us for a Coexistence Spoken Word Performance featuring Outspoken Bean and Matthew "Levee" Chavez, creator of Subway Therapy, a participatory public work using Post-it notes. This action-oriented, arts-based, social justice event will focus on relating Coexistence topics to the performances through spoken word, poetry, dance and movement, music and audience involvement. This event is […]
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NEXTGen Kickoff
Location Eureka Heights Brewery 941 W 18th St., Houston, TX 77008Holocaust Museum Houston’s young professional group, NEXTGen, invites you to the NEXTGen Kickoff at Eureka Heights Brewery. NEXTGen is the Museum’s affinity group for young professionals ages 21-39 who share a common passion for the Museum and its mission. The goal of NEXTGen is to inspire inclusiveness by engaging young leaders of change and advocating […]
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Conversation with a Survivor
Albert and Ethel Herzstein TheaterNovember 9, 2018 marked the 80th anniversary of the November Pogrom known as Kristallnacht. During the November Pogrom, Nazi thugs went through the streets of Germany and, in plain view, set synagogues on fire, smashed the window fronts of Jewish businesses, attacked Jewish people and vandalized their apartments. Houston Holocaust survivor, Ruth Steinfeld experienced the […]
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From Out of the Shadows: Latino Holocaust Liberators of World War II
Albert and Ethel Herzstein TheaterJoin Holocaust Museum Houston for a lecture by Dr. Jesus Jesse Esparza in which he highlights the experience of several WWII Latino soldiers from the Houston area who contributed to the Allied victory and who played a role also in ending one of the most heinous and atrocious crimes against humanity, the Holocaust. When the […]
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“On Her Shoulders” – Film Screening
Rice Cinema - Rice Media Center, 2030 University Blvd.Nadia Murad, a 23-year-old Yazidi, survived genocide and sexual slavery committed by ISIS. Repeating her story to the world with the help of renowned human rights lawyer, Amal Clooney, this ordinary girl finds herself thrust onto the international stage as the voice of her people. Away from the podium, she must navigate bureaucracy, fame and […]
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Intergenerational Trauma & Memory: History Carried Through Generations Lecture Series – Public Lecture with Dr. Christopher Carmona
Albert and Ethel Herzstein TheaterJoin HMH for an evening with Dr. Christopher Carmona in the first lecture of the Spring 2018 Lecture Series, Intergenerational Trauma & Memory: History Carried Through Generations, in correlation with the South Texas Human Rights Art Exhibition and Holocaust Museum Houston's Latino Initiatives Advisory Committee (LIAC). Dr. Carmona is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing […]
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“Labor Trafficking Past & Present” Panel Discussion
Albert and Ethel Herzstein TheaterJoin Children At Risk and United Against Human Trafficking at Holocaust Museum Houston for a viewing of the Exhibit Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program 1942-1964 followed by a panel discussion on the history of Labor trafficking in the U.S. and efforts to end this crime. Admission is free and open to the public, but registration […]