American flutist and sociomusicologist Dr. Christine Beard will examine the role music played during the Holocaust. This poignant and informative lecture-recital explores how music served as a form of resistance and allowed prisoners to temporarily “escape” their inhumane circumstances, how the Nazis used music to inflict mental and emotional torture, and what music was banned […]
Join the Houston Holocaust Survivors and Descendants, together with Holocaust Museum Houston, for an innovative program for children ages 7-13. Fania’s Heart, written by Anne Renaud and illustrated by Richard Rudnicki, tells the true story of the creation of a heart-shaped book in Auschwitz and the women who risked their lives to create it. This inspiring story […]
Please join us at the exhibition opening reception of Life and Death on the Border 1910-1920. This event was originally scheduled for Thursday, January 23. Due to inclement weather, it has been rescheduled for Wednesday, January 29. Life and Death on the Border 1910-1920 sheds light on a difficult time in history that included both the Mexican […]
Program ChairsMitzi Shure and Jerry WischeEllen and Dan Trachtenberg Join us to hear Amir Tibon’s gripping true story of how he and his family were rescued from Kibbutz Nahal Oz on October 7, 2023, by Tibon’s own father, a retired IDF general. Amir Tibon is an award-winning diplomatic correspondent for Haaretz, Israel’s paper of record, […]
AJC Houston and Holocaust Museum Houston invite you to the International Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony honoring Righteous Among the Nations Ukrainian Klymentiy Sheptytsky, an archimandrite of the Order of Studite monks of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and heromartyr, who worked to rescue Jews during the Holocaust by harboring them in Studite monasteries and organizing […]
The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27 – the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau – as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. HMH will commemorate and honor the six million Jews and other innocent victims of the Holocaust with free admission Sunday, January 26.
While the Museum is closed on Mondays, our galleries will be open on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. On this annual commemoration, we remember and honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his leadership.
The Lt. David L. Silverman Latin American Institute’s evening program will feature a special film screening and conversation around Latin American rescue during the Holocaust. The Rescue Film-Concerto is a performative film experience that combines a 60-min documentary film with a live musical performance of its musical soundtrack to recount the little-known story of 'Righteous' Colonel José […]
Join us for a Latino-Jewish cross cultural holiday celebration with light bites, cocktails, and dessert.
Curated in-house by our Collections and Exhibitions team, this exhibit will feature Houston-area Holocaust Survivors in the fifth installment of our Houston Survivor Series. Observing the upcoming 80th anniversary of the liberation of most concentration camps across Europe, this installment will focus on local survivors who experienced liberation and went on to become an integral […]