“The Soap Myth”
This film version of the play, “The Soap Myth,” is an interesting story that provokes discussion. More than a half-century after World War II at the desperate urging of a […]
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Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater
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“Dolores Huerta: Revolution in the Fields / Revolución en los Campos” Opening Reception
Holocaust Museum HoustonDolores Huerta addressing an ecstatic audience in Sacramento after the Delano grape march. As they marched, she would call out to the people they passed to inspire them to join […]
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Author Appearance & Book Signing with Dr. Lori Flores Grounds for Dreaming: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants and the California Farmworker Movement
Albert and Ethel Herzstein TheaterKnown as The Salad Bowl of the World, Californias Salinas Valley became an agricultural empire due to the toil of diverse farmworkers, including Latinos. Professor Flores will discuss the history […]
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Civil Liberties: A Community Discussion
Please join Holocaust Museum Houston for a night of discussion featuring a diverse panel of leaders representing the Anti-Defamation League, American Civil Liberties Union, Emerge-USA Houston, Equality Texas, Holocaust Museum Houston, the Japanese American Citizens League--Houston Chapter, League of United Latin American Citizens and the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People. Drawing on […]
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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 […]
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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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“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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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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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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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 […]