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Introduction to Teaching the Holocaust: Lessons and Resources for Educators

Holocaust Museum Houston

Join Holocaust Museum Houston for a one-day educator workshop on teaching the Holocaust. Educators will learn approaches to teaching the Holocaust using activities and resources designed for the classroom. Educators will be introduced to the Holocaust through tours of HMH’s Galleries and gain instructional strategies and resources to support Holocaust education in their classrooms. Participants will receive […]

Pink Triangle Legacies: Coming Out in the Shadow of the Holocaust

Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater

Join us as historian Dr. Jake Newsome tells the dynamic and inspiring history of the LGBTQ+ community's original pride symbol by tracing the transformation of the pink triangle from a Nazi concentration camp badge into a widespread emblem of queer liberation, pride, and community. Drawing from unexplored archival sources and original interviews, Dr. Newsome showcases […]

The Death of Democracy – Hitler’s Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic

Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater

Dr. Benjamin Carter Hett will discuss how the Nazi Party came to power and how the failures of the Weimar Republic and the shortsightedness of German politicians allowed it to happen. Why did democracy fall apart so quickly and completely in Germany in the 1930s? How did a democratic government allow Adolf Hitler to seize […]

Moving Forward Lecture | Justice Malala: How Mandela Averted Civil War, His Legacy & South Africa Today

Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater

Renowned South African political commentator and best-selling author Justice Malala recounts how the assassination of Nelson Mandela’s protégé by a white supremacist threatened to derail South Africa’s democratic transition and plunge the nation into civil war. Johannesburg, Easter weekend, 1993. Nelson Mandela has been free for three years and is in power sharing talks with […]

Free Admission Day in honor of Stefi Altman

Holocaust Museum Houston

Museum admission will be waived on Sunday, May 14, 2023 in honor of Holocaust survivor Stefi Altman, z"l. Stefi Altman was just 13 years old when Germany overran Poland in September 1939. Soon after, Stefi's two older brothers were arrested and sent to a labor camp, and Nazi soldiers brutuall beat her fater and drove […]

Docent Training Meet & Greet

Holocaust Museum Houston

Join a dedicated community of docents at Holocaust Museum Houston. As a docent, you will be helping to educate students, teachers, community groups, and adults that visit the Museum for a tour. Most importantly, docents help to tell the stories of our Holocaust Survivor community to new generations. Those interested in Holocaust history, art, education, […]

Free Admission Day in honor of Walter Kase

Holocaust Museum Houston

Museum admission fees will be waived on Friday, May 5, 2023 in honor of Holocaust survivor Walter Kase, z"l. When Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, it soon became clear that Walter's family's lives would never be the same again. At the end of 1940, Walter, his parents and his sister, Rysia, were herded into […]

The Houston Symposium in Philosophy of Religion

Holocaust Museum Houston Classroom

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 research interests and to create a community. We invite faculty and graduate students to join us, get to know their peers, and interact with the […]

100 Days of Sorrow: Remembering the 1994 Genocide Perpetrated Against the Tutsis in Rwanda

Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater

Holocaust Museum Houston commemorates the Rwandan Genocide of 1994 with survivors Henriette Mutegwaraba and Provie Umugwaneza. Henriette and Provie will share not only their personal stories of survival, but also the wisdom and lessons that they learned firsthand about the dangers of hate and extremism in the modern era. Henriette MutegwarabaBorn in Butare Province, Rwanda, […]

Film Screening: “Reckonings”

Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater

In the aftermath of the Holocaust, German and Jewish leaders met in secret to negotiate the unthinkable – compensation for the survivors of the largest mass genocide in history. Survivors were in urgent need of help, but how could reparations be determined for the unprecedented destruction and suffering of a people? This is the first […]