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 […]
Join Holocaust Museum Houston's young professionals group, NEXTGen, for a Conversation With A Survivor featuring Bill Orlin. Between 1939 and 1945, Bill and his family lived on the run. Bill, the eldest son of Sender and Sonia Orlinski, was seven years old when German troops invaded Poland and occupied his hometown of Brok. The Jewish […]
Fifteen years after the end of World War II, a team of top-secret Israeli agents travels to Argentina to track down Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi officer who masterminded the transportation logistics that brought millions of innocent Jews to their deaths in concentration camps. Hoping to sneak him out of the country to stand trial, agent […]
In this courtroom drama set in 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood (Spencer Tracy) hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning (Burt Lancaster) and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe (Maximilian […]
During National Delicatessen Month, August 1-31, both Kenny and Ziggy's New York Delicatessen & Restaurant locations are offering a multi-choice, three-course menu during lunch and dinner for $38, plus tax and gratuity, with 10 percent of each meal sold going to HMH to fund the Museum's education programs. As an added incentive, HMH will offer […]
Who was Adolf Eichmann? What role did he play in the genocide of the Jews? These are some of the points that Rabbi Steven Weil will touch on during his talk about the capture and trial of Eichmann.Rabbi Steven Weil is the Senior Managing Director of the Orthodox Union. He was ordained at the Rabbeinu […]