American filmmaker Jake Paltrow revisits the 1962 trial of Adolf Eichmann with a gripping Hebrew-language historical drama centered on three Israeli characters on the periphery of Eichmann’s last days: a precocious Libyan immigrant boy, a Moroccan prison guard and a Polish Holocaust survivor working for the prosecution. With Eichmann relegated to the background, the trio’s […]
In the spring of 1942, the Nazis ordered the Slovak government to send a slave labor force and received 999 teenage, Jewish girls. Their railway ticket was a one-way trip to Auschwitz. First-time Director/Producer and author of the international best-selling book, 999, Heather Dune Macadam spent eleven years interviewing survivors of the first transport all over […]
Visitors interested in a docent-led experience can join one of the many drop-in tours throughout Spring Break. Tours are subject to availability. English Drop-In ToursSaturday, March 9 at 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.Sunday, March 10 at 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.Monday, March 11 at 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.Tuesday, March 12 at […]
DACAMERA Young Artists present a concert inspired by the exhibition The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection. This program will present collaborative works by Joseph Bologne, William Grant Still, Jessie Montgomery, and Houstonian jazz pianist and composer, Brooke Wyatt. The DACAMERA Young Artist program is a fellowship program for emerging professional instrumentalists, vocalists and […]
Jewish resistance during the Holocaust is still understood mostly in terms of rare armed group activities in the Nazi occupied East, for example ghetto uprisings or partisan activities. This new research is based on a broader definition and countless hitherto untapped sources, including local police and court records as well as video testimonies of survivors. […]
Holocaust Museum Houston will host free admission Sunday, February 18, courtesy of Shell USA, in honor of Black Art Houston. Join Khambrel Marshall at 2 p.m. in conversation with Houston […]
Presented by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Black Art Houston is a celebration of contemporary Black art throughout the city. Holocaust Museum Houston will host free admission Sunday, February 18, courtesy […]
The Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc. - Willie Lee Gay H-Town Chapter will host a day of presentations and discussions focused on plantation tourism, how enslaved people are depicted […]
The Houston Symposium in Philosophy of Religion presents a new series of talks about religion. It gathers scholars of all faiths from Houston, and other Texan universities, to share their […]
Doors open at 6 p.m. Join us to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day to illuminate the remarkable story of Holocaust survivor, Mrs. Naomi Warren z”l, Finding Light, which takes the audience on a journey that is simultaneously situated in the past while making relevant connections to the present through the lens of dance. Film screening […]