Charlotte Salomon (1917-1943) was a talented Berlin-born artist who was murdered at Auschwitz, while four months pregnant, at the age of 26. Her main body of work, a sequence of […]
What happens inside our prisons? What’s Prison For? examines the “incarceration” part of “mass incarceration.” What happens inside prisons and jails, where nearly two million Americans are held? Bill Keller, one of America’s most accomplished journalists, has spent years immersed in the subject. He argues that the most important role of prisons is preparing incarcerated […]
Join Holocaust Museum Houston for a one-day educator workshop on supporting Holocaust education in schools during Holocaust Remembrance Week. Educators will be introduced to the Holocaust through tours of HMHs Galleries and learn approaches to teaching the Holocaust using activities and resources designed for the classroom. Participants will receive HMH's Holocaust Remembrance Toolkit containing lessons […]
Human Rights Day is observed every year on December 10— the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The UDHR is a milestone document that proclaims the inalienable rights which everyone is entitled to as a human being - regardless of race, color, religion, sex, language, […]
David Syme, American concert pianist living in Ireland, has had a long and colorful career. An alumnus of Julliard and Indiana University, he has performed in Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Wigmore Hall, and in 17 European countries, Canada and Mexico. He has performed all over the Czech Republic and toured extensively in the […]
In partnership with Holocaust Museum Houston, Apollo Chamber Players presents BANNED: Music. Even in this modern era, artistic expression remains elusive to many. From Afghanistan to Turkey and Russia, Apollo examines countries and governments which have censored music - both in our current moment and in the recent past. The ensemble welcomes Afghan rhubâb virtuoso […]
The Silverman Latin American Institute’s evening program will feature a special film screening and conversation around Holocaust trauma and its’ transmission. Whispers of Silence explores the stories of Holocaust survivors rebuilding their lives in Mexico. Little by little, they begin their difficult process of adaptation to a new culture, language and climate. They begin to work, get married, […]
Join us for the opening reception of Woman, the Spirit of the Universe. This exhibit, designed and created by artist Carolyn Marks Johnson, features stunning bronze collars inspired by 23 American heroines who fought bravely and tirelessly for equality. The collars are stitched by hand in hand-worked cotton and then cast in bronze. For most […]
"The Jewish Dog," directed by Yonatan Esterkin, is based on the Israeli book The Jewish Dog by Asher Kravitz"The Jewish Dog" is both a moving and at times funny one man show that tells the story of Coresh, a dog born into a Jewish Family in Berlin, 1933.It depicts the story of those hard years […]
In partnership with USC Shoah Foundation, HMH proudly presents “The Children of Willesden Lane,” the critically acclaimed one-woman theatrical performance by concert pianist Mona Golabek. Adapted from her book, The Children of Willesden Lane, Ms. Golabek uses music to tell her mother's inspiring story of survival as a teenage Austrian Jewish refugee who pursued her own […]