Interested in joining the Holocaust Museum Houston (HMH) volunteer family? HMH is looking for new volunteers and docents to accommodate the myriad of exhibitions and increase in visitors at the newly expanded Lester and Sue Smith Campus. Those interested in Holocaust history, art, education and committed to impacting human rights in todays world are encouraged […]
Dr. Robert Jan Van Pelt will discuss the exhibition, Auschwitz. Not Long Ago. Not Far Away., that traces the development of Nazi ideology and tells the transformation of Auschwitz from an ordinary Polish town known as Oświęcim to the most significant Nazi site of the Holocaust—at which approximately 1 million Jews, and tens of thousands of […]
January 27, 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration and death camp in World War II. In 2005, the United Nations General Assembly designated January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day to honor the victims of the Holocaust. This year's commemoration at Holocaust Museum Houston includes a panel […]
40 min | Documentary, Short | 2017 (USA)Director, Drey Kleanthous Join Holocaust Museum Houston and AJC on International Holocaust Remembrance Day for a virtual screening of the film, “Life Will Smile.” “Life Will Smile” narrates the untold story of the humanism and bravery of the Greek civil society in the small, southernmost Ionian island, where—with […]
Join Holocaust Museum Houston as Holocaust Survivor Bill Orlin shares his testimony. Between 1939 and 1945, Orlin and his family lived on the run. The eldest son of Sender and Sonia Orlinski, he was seven years old when German troops invaded Poland and occupied his hometown of Brok. The Jewish residents were forcibly marched to […]
“Singing Our Way to Freedom” is a multilayered look at the life of San Diego Chicano musician, composer and community activist, Ramon “Chunky” Sanchez. Borrowing from musical traditions on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, Chunky uses music and humor as powerful weapons in fighting for social justice. From his humble beginnings as a farmworker […]
In partnership with DACAMERA Young Artists, Holocaust Museum Houston’s young professionals’ group, NEXTGen invites you to the “Their Music Endures” concert. Join us for a networking reception to meet and mingle with socially conscious individuals like yourself then enjoy the works of Karel Berman, Erwin Schulhoff, and Ilse Weber, three Czech composers whose creative spirits […]
Start the year off right by joining Boniuk Library Book Club. Whether your new year’s resolution involved getting more informed, trying new things, joining a social group, or just reading more- we can help! Join us on January 9 for a discussion of Antonio Iturbe’s, “The Librarian of Auschwitz.” With Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, […]
Start the year off right by joining Boniuk Library Book Club. Whether your new year’s resolution involved getting more informed, trying new things, joining a social group, or just reading more- we can help! Join us on January 9 for a discussion of Antonio Iturbe’s, “The Librarian of Auschwitz.” With Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, […]
The Remuh Synagogue in Krakow, Poland. Photo courtesy of Polish National Tourism Board. Learn more about the Museum’s upcoming trip to the Lithuania and Poland. Some highlights from the trip include: Take an in-depth tour of Vilnius’ old Jewish Quarter, including the beautifully restored Choral Synagogue, the Holocaust Museum, and the cemetery where the most […]