Film screening: Rescue in the Philippines: Refuge from the Holocaust

Holocaust Museum Houston

06.06.13

Rescue in the Philippines: Refuge from the Holocaust recounts a fascinating, yet seldom-told chapter in World War II history. This documentary film chronicles a real-life Casablanca, in which a hig

Shelby's Social Diary

Holocaust Museum Houston brings in $1.1 million at LBJ Moral Courage Award dinner

By Shelby Hodge

05.02.13 | 2:29 pm

In its continuing tradition of recognizing those who have exhibited either a lifetime of morally courageous behavior or one momentous righteous act, Holocaust Museum Houston presented its Lyndon Ba ...

Lecture: "Through Their Eyes: A Survivor's Story" with Sandy Lessig

Holocaust Museum Houston

05.09.13

Join Holocaust Museum Houston for breakfast and a presentation of "Through Their Eyes: A Survivor's Story." Breakfast will include a program by Sandy Lessig, who uses the oral history

Art opening reception: Through Soviet Jewish Eyes: Photography, War and the Holocaust

Holocaust Museum Houston

05.16.13

Although World War II is one of the most documented conflicts of the 20th century, western audiences have had little exposure to Soviet images. The exhibition Through Soviet Jewish Eyes: Photograph

Lecture: "The Past, Present and Future of International Justice: The Role of the International Criminal Court" with Ambassador David John Scheffer

Holocaust Museum Houston

04.15.13

Ambassador David John Scheffer is an American lawyer and diplomat who served as the first U.S. ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues during President Bill Clinton's second term in office. S

Art opening reception: Uprooted

Holocaust Museum Houston

04.11.13

Through the use of personal objects, rare documents and photographs, Uprooted highlights the experiences of two Jewish families featuring materials from Holocaust Museum Houston's Permanent Col

Yom HaShoah Observance

04.07.13

In remembrance of the 6 million Jews who died during the Holocaust, Yom HaShoah is an internationally recognized and respected event of solemn commemoration.  Speakers this year include am

Lecture: "Opening the Archives of the International Tracing Service - A Goldmine and a Warning" with Paul Shapiro

Holocaust Museum Houston

03.21.13

Paul Shapiro played an instrumental role in opening the International Tracing Service Archive, based in Bad Arolsen, Germany, and making its contents available to Holocaust survivors and scholars i

Holocaust Museum Houston Next Generation Art Talk: Learn and Create Series "Sigmund's Sweets"

03.17.13

Join Holocaust Museum Houston's Next Generation for an afternoon at Three Brothers Bakery with Holocaust survivor Sigmund Jucker, who will share his story, his family's Polish baking tradit

From the Budapest Opera to Auschwitz

Tales from the trenches: Holocaust survivor curates Houston concert to honor the living & the lost

By Joel Luks

03.02.13 | 2:00 pm

"Sing, Jew! Sing!" The horrors of life in four concentration camps during World War II are permanently imprinted in the life's purpose of Al Marks, then a teenager. Amid ...