oin us for a community art workshop with artist Theresa Escobedo. Participants will have an opportunity to learn how to make sugar skulls, paper flowers and create papel picado in honor of Día de los Muertos. The sugar skulls, flowers, and papel picado created in this workshop will also be included in the community ofrenda […]
Join Holocaust Museum Houston for a lecture by Dr. Yolanda Chávez Leyva, Director of the Institute of Oral History at the University of Texas at El Paso and an Associate Professor in History, as she explores the ethical and historical issues associated with curating an art exhibit created by anonymous migrant youth held in detention. […]
Holocaust Museum Houston is teaming up with Houston Chamber Choir to present Annelies: The Diary of Anne Frank, a groundbreaking musical work by British composer James Whitbourn. Hailed as a masterpiece, this work shines new light on a story of the triumph of the human heart over evil. Annelies signals the inaugural production for The […]
Holocaust Museum Houston is teaming up with Houston Chamber Choir to present Annelies: The Diary of Anne Frank, a groundbreaking musical work by British composer James Whitbourn. Hailed as a masterpiece, this work shines new light on a story of the triumph of the human heart over evil. Annelies signals the inaugural production for The […]
Holocaust Museum Houston is teaming up with Houston Chamber Choir to present Annelies: The Diary of Anne Frank, a groundbreaking musical work by British composer James Whitbourn. Hailed as a masterpiece, this work shines new light on a story of the triumph of the human heart over evil. Annelies signals the inaugural production for The […]
Holocaust Museum Houston's young professionals group, NEXTGen, invites you to an exclusive tour of the Museum’s traveling exhibit, Operation Finale: The Capture and Trial of Adolf Eichmann, which closes the same evening. This event is a great opportunity to mingle with socially conscious individuals over breakfast and learn more about Holocaust Museum Houston. Operation Finale […]
Bobby Lapin will moderate a Q&A with Eric Hilgendorf, a professor of law at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg and chairman of the Department of Criminal Law, Criminal Justice, Legal Theory, Information and Computer Science Law. Light refreshments will be served from 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm.
Holocaust Museum Houston, in partnership with the Greater Houston Jewish Genealogy Society, will host a complimentary general genealogy research lecture for enthusiasts looking to find offline resources. The “Out of the Cloud” class provides genealogy buffs an alternative “on the ground” research path to discover family history information. This lecture is part of a new […]
On September 5th, Boniuk Library’s book club is meeting to celebrate the right to read, write, and create with a discussion of “White Rose” by Kip Wilson. Based on a true story, this novel follows Sophie Scholl—a member of the non-violent resistance group White Rose— who rebelled against the Nazi regime by writing and distributing […]
When university professor Deborah E. Lipstadt includes World War II historian David Irving in a book about Holocaust deniers, Irving accuses her of libel and sparks a legal battle for historical truth. With the burden of proof placed on the accused, Lipstadt and her legal team fight to prove the essential truth that the Holocaust […]