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2012 Events
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Christmas Day
December 25, 2012
9:00 AM
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Location Morgan Family Center
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The Museum will close at 4 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 24, 2012, and remain closed Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012, in observance of Christmas Day. The Museum reopens at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012.
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Film Screening: “Eichmann’s Fate"
February 2, 2012
6:30 PM
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Location Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater
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After escaping from an American prisoner-of-war camp, Adolf Eichmann made his way through northern Germany to Italy where he obtained an Argentine visa and humanitarian passport issued by the International Red Cross. On July 14, 1950, he boarded a ship heading for Buenos Aires and virtually disappeared. “Eichmann’s Fate” reveals the incredible true story of the love affair between Eichmann’s son and the daughter of Lothar Hermann, a Holocaust survivor who immigrated with his family to Argentina after the war. The love affair led to Eichmann’s eventual capture by the Mossad when Hermann recognized Eichmann and verified his identity for the Israeli secret agents. “Eichmann’s Fate" is a docu-drama that combines historical reenactments with interviews and documentary footage to bring this unknown story vibrantly to life. Featuring actors with credits including “Run Lola Run” and “The Lives of Others,” the film drops the viewer into 1950s Buenos Aires, where Jewish refugees and unrepentant Nazis variously harbor dreams of revenge and vindication. Simultaneously, it documents the dogged efforts of Fritz Bauer, the state public prosecutor in Frankfurt, to bring Eichmann to justice even as elements within the German government conspired to shield war criminals from prosecution. In the face of initial skepticism on the part of German and Israeli authorities, Silvia and her father relentlessly pursue their suspect. As the tension mounts, it becomes clear both will risk everything to ensure that Eichmann is caught and made to pay for his crimes. Director Raymond Ley will introduce the film and lead a discussion afterward. This event is generously underwritten and cosponsored by the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany. Admission is free, but seating is limited and advance registration is requested. Visit www.hmh.org/RegisterEvent.aspx to register online. For more information, call 713-942-8000 or e-mail
 events@hmh.org.
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First Thursdays
February 2, 2012
5:00 PM
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Location Morgan Family Center
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Holocaust Museum Houston will be open extended hours on the First Thursday of every month. The Museum will remain open from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. for Members at the Sponsor Level and above. Quarterly, the Museum will present “Legacies and Lessons,” educational sessions about the Holocaust, other genocides and Museum events. For questions about membership or First Thursdays, please call Member Services at 713-527-1640 or e-mail
membership@hmh.org.
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Houston Museum District Educators Open House
January 28, 2012
9:00 AM
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Location Morgan Family Center
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Mark your calendars for the Museum District Educators Open House, set for Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Holocaust Museum Houston will conduct free sessions on this date, as will other museums. Teachers, home school educators, school district administrators and student teachers are invited to visit more than 25 area museums and organizations for educational sessions and door prizes. Educators who attend are eligible for three hours of continuing education credit. To register or for more information, visit the Houston Museum District Association’s Web site at
www.houstonmuseumdistrict.org.
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 27, 2012
10:00 AM
- 11:00 AM
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Location Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater
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Join the Houston Consular Corps, the American Jewish Committee and Holocaust Museum Houston as we observe the universal commemoration of the victims of the Holocaust. This day was designated by the United Nations to mark the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp. This year’s program will highlight, Giorgio Perlasca, an Italian who posed as a Spanish diplomat, who intervened on behalf of Hungarian Jews. Admission is free, but seating is limited and advance registration is requested. Visit www.hmh.org/RegisterEvent.aspx to register online. For more information, call 713-942-8000 or e-mail
events@hmh.org.
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"The New Antisemitism: How New? How Dangerous? A Serious Threat or An Overreaction?" with Deborah Lipstadt
January 17, 2012
7:30 PM
- 9:00 PM
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Location Emery/Weiner School, 9825 Stella Link Road, Houston, TX 77025
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Dr. Deborah Lipstadt is the Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies at Emory University in Atlanta. She is the author of "The Eichmann Trial," and her earlier book "History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier" is the story of her libel trial in London against David Irving, who sued her for calling him a Holocaust denier and right-wing extremist. The trial was described by the Daily Telegraph (London) as having "done for the new century what the Nuremberg tribunals or the Eichmann trial did for earlier generations." The judge found Irving to be a Holocaust denier, a falsifier of history, a racist, an anti-Semite and a liar. Her legal battle with Irving lasted approximately five years. According to the New York Times, the trial "put an end to the pretense that Mr. Irving is anything but a self-promoting apologist for Hitler." She has taught at UCLA and Occidental College in Los Angeles. She received her bachelor's degree from City College of New York and her master's and doctorate from Brandeis University. Lipstadt is frequently called upon by the media to comment on a variety of matters. She has appeared on CNN, Sixty Minutes, Today Show, Good Morning America, NPR’s Fresh Air, the BBC, and the Charlie Rose Show and is a frequent contributor to a variety of newspapers including the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and the New York Times. Lipstadt’s appearance is part of the Kosberg Wilkenfeld Distinguished Lectures and generously underwritten by the Kosberg Charitable Foundation Trust and Dolores and the late Buddy Wilkenfeld. Admission is free, but seating is limited and advance registration is requested. Visit www.hmh.org/RegisterEvent.aspx to register online. For more information, call 713-942-8000 or e-mail
events@hmh.org.
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'The Future of Testimony: How will Survivors Speak Fifty Years from Now?'
January 16, 2012
6:30 PM
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Location Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater
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Steven Spielberg established the nonprofit organization, Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, in 1994, shortly after the filming of the movie “Schindler's List.” The original mission of the foundation was to document the experiences of Holocaust survivors. To that end, the foundation set out to collect and record the testimonies of 50,000 survivors and other witnesses. Thanks in part to a $1 million dollar grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Shoah Foundation partnered with three U.S. universities — Rice University, the University of Southern California and Yale — to provide access to the archive via the Internet. The University of Michigan was the first public university to partner with the foundation, ensuring that an even greater number of individuals will have access to these important testimonials. Dr. Stephen Smith, executive director of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education, will discuss this groundbreaking work and the future of Holocaust testimony in this free public lecture. Admission is free, but advance registration is requested. Visit www.hmh.org/registerevent.aspx to RSVP online. For more information, call 713-942-8000, ext. 104 or e-mail
events@hmh.org.
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“The Age of Jim Crow”
January 11, 2012
6:30 PM
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Location Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater
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Dr. Jane Dailey, associate professor of American history at the University of Chicago, will present a public lecture that examines Jim Crow America. Dailey will discuss the role of law in creating, maintaining and — ultimately — helping to undo segregation, as well as the effects of interracial sex and marriage as they shaped the era of Jim Crow. Her book “The Age of Jim Crow” focuses throughout on sexuality and gender politics as they play out across the legal, social and economic, political and cultural arenas. A graduate of Yale and Princeton, Dailey taught at Rice University and Johns Hopkins before joining the University of Chicago in 2006. Her first book, “Before Jim Crow: The Politics of Race in Postemancipation Virginia,” analyzed the conditions that facilitated and, ultimately, undid interracial democracy in the post-Civil War South. An edited collection, “Jumpin' Jim Crow: Southern Politics from Civil War to Civil Rights,” continued the theme of African American resistance to white domination from Reconstruction through the 1950s. A third book, “The Age of Jim Crow: A Norton Documentary History,” examines the creation and dissolution of legal segregation in America through primary sources. The recipient of fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies, the American Academy in Berlin and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Dailey is currently finishing a book on race, sex and the civil rights movement from emancipation to the present. Dailey’s lecture is underwritten by the Spector-Warren Fellowship for Future Educators, an annual program that works with students from Syracuse University as they prepare to enter the teaching profession. Admission is free, but advance registration is requested. Visit http://www.hmh.org/registerevent.aspx to RSVP online. For more information, call 713-942-8000, ext. 123 or e-mail
teachertraining@hmh.org.
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“Legalizing Racism in Nazi Germany”
January 9, 2012
6:30 PM
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Location Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater
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Dr. Ann Millin, historian at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM), will present a public lecture that examines the Nuremberg laws, which legalized racism in Nazi Germany. Influenced in part by the Jim Crow laws of the United States, Millin will examine the formation and implementation of the laws that segregated Jewish Germans from society – economically, politically and socially – and eventually led to the devastating program in which nearly 6 million Jews were murdered. Currently working in the USHMM’s National Institute for Holocaust Education, Millin previously was the historian in the USHMM’s photo archives, specializing in the photographs of German Jewry, the Aliyah Bet and the European Roma, as well as in the work of the Wehrmacht Propaganda Company photographers. She received her bachelor’s degree from Macalester College, a master’s in religious studies from Vanderbilt University and a doctorate in Jewish history at the Hebrew Union College-JIR. Formerly a research fellow at the University of Göttingen and an Inter-University Fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, she has taught Jewish history, Judaic studies, world religions and Holocaust studies at the Hebrew Union College-JIR, the University of Cincinnati and the University of Kentucky-Lexington. Millin’s lecture is underwritten by the Spector-Warren Fellowship for Future Educators, an annual program that works with students from Syracuse University as they prepare to enter the teaching profession. Admission is free, but advance registration is requested. Visit http://www.hmh.org/registerevent.aspx to RSVP online. For more information, call 713-942-8000, ext. 123 or e-mail
teachertraining@hmh.org.
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First Thursdays
January 5, 2012
5:00 PM
- 8:00 PM
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Location Morgan Family Center
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Holocaust Museum Houston will be open extended hours on the First Thursday of every month. The Museum will remain open from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. for Members at the Sponsor Level and above. Quarterly, the Museum will present “Legacies and Lessons,” educational sessions about the Holocaust, other genocides and Museum events. For questions about membership or First Thursdays, please call Member Services at 713-527-1640 or e-mail
membership@hmh.org.
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New Year’s Weekend
January 1, 2012
12:00 PM
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Location Morgan Family Center
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The Museum will close at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011 and remain closed Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012, in observance of New Year’s Day. The Museum reopens at 9 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 2, 2012.
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2011 Events
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Christmas Day
December 25, 2011
12:00 PM
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Location Christmas Day
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The Museum will close at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011 and remain closed Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011, in observance of Christmas Day. The Museum reopens at 9 a.m. Monday, Dec. 26, 2011.
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First Thursdays: “The Strange Demise of Jim Crow”
December 1, 2011
5:00 PM
- 8:00 PM
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Location Morgan Family Center
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Join us for the free lecture “The Strange Demise of Jim Crow” with commentary by Professor Thomas Cole, beginning at 6:30 p.m. as part of Holocaust Museum Houston’s First Thursdays program. Holocaust Museum Houston will be open extended hours on the First Thursday of every month. The Museum will remain open from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. for Members at the Sponsor Level and above. Quarterly, the Museum will present “Legacies and Lessons,” educational sessions about the Holocaust, other genocides and Museum events. For questions about membership or First Thursdays, please call Member Services at 713-527-1640 or e-mail
membership@hmh.org.
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“Refine Your Taste for Tolerance”
November 30, 2011
5:30 PM
- 7:00 PM
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Location Cork Soakers, 2024 Rusk St., Houston, TX 77003
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Join Cultural Bridges and refine your taste for tolerance with a wine and dessert tasting at Cork Soakers. As an outreach program of Holocaust Museum Houston, Cultural Bridges promotes diversity and inclusion among the next generation of young professional and community leaders in Houston. Cultural Bridges membership is open to young leaders, age 25 to 39 years old, from all social, cultural, ethnic and international backgrounds. Dessert will be provided by Dessert Gallery. Admission is $15 per person, and advance registration is requested. Visit http://www.hmh.org/RegisterEvent.aspx to RSVP online. For more information, call 713-942-8000, ext. 400 or e-mail
culturalbridges@hmh.org.
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Thanksgiving Day
November 24, 2011
9:00 AM
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Location Morgan Family Center
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The Museum will be closed Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, in observance of Thanksgiving Day. The Museum reopens at 9 a.m. Friday, Nov. 25, 2011.
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Fall Film Series: “Emotional Arithmetic”
November 17, 2011
7:00 PM
- 9:15 PM
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Location Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater
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This is a story of redemption, healing, and reconciliation ignited by the re-union of three survivors of Drancy, the WW II internment camp just outside of Paris. In 1945 a young dissident held at Drancy, takes two children, Melanie and Christopher, under his charge. 40 years later Melanie discovers that her now elderly rescuer, whom she believed had been taken from Drancy to Auschwitz and killed, is still alive. She immediately invites him to live with her and her family on their farm in Canada. He arrives with Christopher as a surprise for Melanie, and she and Christopher must face the truth of the bond between them. The past explodes into the present (the mid-1980s) in an unexpected and tender love story which is life altering for them and for those around them. This film is presented as part of Holocaust Museum Houston’s Fall Film Series. Admission is $4 for HMH members and $5 for nonmembers. Visit http://www.hmh.org/RegisterEvent.aspx to RSVP online. For more information, call 713-942-8000, ext. 104 or e-mail
events@hmh.org.
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“Living Under the Nuremberg Laws: Houston Area Survivors Speak”
November 15, 2011
7:00 PM
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Location Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater
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A panel of Holocaust survivors will discuss living under the Nazis’ discriminatory laws and the impact it had on their lives and their families. Panelists will include Laure Wittner, Ben Waserman and Fred Floersheimer with moderator Hy Penn. Admission is free, but seating is limited and advance registration is requested. Visit www.hmh.org/RegisterEvent.aspx to register online. For more information, call 713-942-8000 or e-mail
events@hmh.org.
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“The Story of Righteous Rescuer Irene Gut Opdyke”
November 14, 2011
11:30 AM
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Location Avrohm I. Wisenberg Multipurpose Learning Center
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Jeanne Smith, Irene Opdyke’s daughter, will relate her late mother’s experiences during World War II with a video presentation and talk. Opdyke was a teen-ager when the Nazi attack on Poland changed her life forever. She was separated from her family, escaped twice from incarceration, and captured and raped by Soviet soldiers. Her most difficult predicament was also her noblest: she saved the lives of 16 Polish Jews, hiding some of them literally beneath the noses of the German officers. In 1982, a tree was planted in her honor on the Avenue of the Righteous in Jerusalem. The book, "In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer," about Opdyke’s experiences was published in 1999 and has sold over a million copies. Admission is free, but seating is limited and advance registration is requested. Visit www.hmh.org/RegisterEvent.aspx to register online. For more information, call 713-942-8000 or e-mail
events@hmh.org.
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“Nazis on the Run: How Hitler’s Henchmen Fled Justice”
November 7, 2011
6:15 PM
- 8:00 PM
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Location Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center Houston, 5601 S. Braeswood, Houston, TX, 77096
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Author Gerald Steinacher will discuss how Nazi war criminals fled from Europe at the end of World War II and will address key decisions made by the Red Cross, the Vatican and the Secret Services of the major powers that helped make it possible for war criminals to escape justice and find refuge. Steinacher was a research fellow both at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2006 and at Harvard from 2009 to 2011. This lecture is presented as part of the 39th annual Jewish Book & Arts Fair. For more information or to register, visit
http://www.erjcchouston.org.
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“La Rafle” (The Roundup)
November 5, 2011
8:00 PM
- 10:00 PM
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Location Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center Houston, 5601S. Braeswood, Houston, TX, 77096
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This powerful two-hour drama focuses on the events and aftermath of the infamous Vel’d’Hiv Roundup in July 1942 in Vicy France. From the Velodrome D’Hiver, where Jews were crammed together, to the camp of Beaune-La-Rolande, it follows the intersecting lives of four Parisians caught up in the roundup of more than 13,000 Jews, including 4,000 children. Based on extensive research and first-hand accounts, “La Rafle” brings history to life through its characters. The film has won eight audience awards at international film festivals and opened the 2010 Jerusalem Film Festival. This film is presented as part of the 39th annual Jewish Book & Arts Fair. For more information or to register, visit
http://www.erjcchouston.org.
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Guardian of the Human Spirit Luncheon
November 3, 2011
11:30 AM
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Location Hilton Americas-Houston, 1600 Lamar, Houston, TX 77010
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Join us for this annual luncheon honoring dedicated Houstonians who have worked to enhance the lives of others. KIPP founders Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin will be honored in recognition of their lifelong commitment to education in Houston and beyond. For tickets or table information, call 713-942-8000, ext. 129 or e-mail
spiritlunch@hmh.org.
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First Thursdays: Screening of “Enemies of the People”
November 3, 2011
6:30 PM
- 8:00 PM
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Location Morgan Family Center
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Holocaust Museum Houston will present a free screening of the film "Enemies of the People," an award-winning documentary on the 1970s genocide in Cambodia, in early November as part of the Museum’s First Thursdays program. The award-winning documentary showcases a Cambodian investigative journalist’s work to discuss not how but why his family was murdered by the Khmer Rouge. The Khmer Rouge, the ruling party in Cambodia during the 1970s, slaughtered nearly 2 million people as part of a social engineering movement to remake Cambodian society. Yet the “Killing Fields” of Cambodia remain largely unexplained. Enter Thet Sambath, an unassuming investigative journalist who lost his family in the conflict and spent a decade gaining the trust of the men and women who perpetrated the massacres. From the foot soldiers who slit throats to Pol Pot's right-hand man, the notorious Brother Number Two, Sambath and co-director Rob Lemkin record shocking testimony in their groundbreaking film, “Enemies of the People.” Admission is free, but seating is limited, and advance registration is required. Visit www.hmh.org/RegisterEvent.aspx to RSVP online. The film begins promptly at 6:30 p.m. The Museum will remain open from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. for Members at the Sponsor Level and above. For questions about membership or First Thursdays, please call Member Services at 713-527-1640 or e-mail
membership@hmh.org.
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“But I Wanted to Live:” Interviews with Nurses and Physicians who assisted with the Medical Experiments in Auschwitz and Ravensbrück Concentration Camps
November 1, 2011
6:30 PM
- 7:45 PM
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Location Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater
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Many prisoners in the Nazi concentration camps were forced to be victims of “medical” experiments, including various methods of sterilization, infliction of surgical wounds to simulate battlefield injuries and the testing of unproven therapies. In some instances, Jewish prisoners were assistants to Nazi physicians in conducting these experiments, and in other cases, civilian nurses and physicians took part in the experiments. To seek an understanding of why these people participated, the degree of their willingness to participate, and their reflections on their actions, Dr. Susan Benedict conducted in-depth interviews with two prisoner-nurses, one physician and two subjects of the experiments. In this free public lecture, Benedict will supplement the content of those interviews with documentation from depositions and post-war trials. Benedict is a graduate of the University of Alabama in Birmingham with a doctor of science degree in nursing. She has taught in graduate programs of the University of Alabama, Columbia University in New York and the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC. In 1997, Benedict received a fellowship in medical ethics and the Holocaust from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to study the roles of nurses in the Nazi “euthanasia” program. This lecture is cosponsored by UTHealth School of Nursing. Admission is free, but seating is limited, and advance registration is required. Visit www.hmh.org/RegisterEvent.aspx to RSVP online. For more information, call 713-942-8000 or e-mail
events@hmh.org.
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Bonhoeffer Tours
October 30, 2011
3:00 PM
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Location Morgan Family Center
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Holocaust Museum Houston offers tours focusing on the German Lutheran theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer every Sunday afternoon in October 2011. The life and ministry of Bonhoeffer and his message to the church in the context of the events of the Holocaust will be the focus of tours of the Museum's permanent exhibit, German railcar and Danish fishing boat. Tours include a look at the early influences on Bonhoeffer before the Holocaust, his organization of the Confessing Church to stand with the Jews in reaction to the Aryan clause and his imprisonment and execution at the Flossenburg concentration camp by direct order from Adolf Hitler. Admission and the walk-in tour are free. To schedule a private group tour for 10 or more in advance, visit the Museum's Web site at www.hmh.org or call 713-942-8000, ext. 102.
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Fall Film Series: “The Odessa File”
October 27, 2011
6:30 PM
- 9:00 PM
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Location Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater
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From the book by Novelist Frederick Forsythe comes this suspenseful story which takes us from Berlin to a WW II concentration camp called Riga. Peter Miller, a German journalist, stumbles upon the diary of an old survivor of the Riga concentration camp and learns that the commanding officer of that camp - Eduard Roschmann - is still alive in Germany under a pseudonym. While trying to pinpoint Roschmann, Miller will have to face ODESSA, an organization of nazis who haven't given up the idea of ruling the world. Helped by Simon Wiesenthal and Jewish secret agents, Miller tries to sneak into ODESSA but is soon the target of the ODESSA killers. Fortunately, Miller has the opportunity to steal a file which lists the new identities of all the ODESSA members. This film is presented as part of Holocaust Museum Houston’s Fall Film Series. Admission is $4 for HMH members and $5 for nonmembers. Visit http://www.hmh.org/RegisterEvent.aspx to RSVP online. For more information, call 713-942-8000, ext. 104 or e-mail
events@hmh.org.
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“Race and Film: Clips from Birth of a Nation and Jud Süss”
October 23, 2011
4:30 PM
- 7:30 PM
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Location Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater
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Custom and law are closely linked systems that affect how people act toward each other. In the post-Civil War United States and in Nazi Germany, the freedoms and rights of some groups of people were limited. African-Americans were the primary target under the U.S. system of Jim Crow Laws. Jewish people were the primary target under the Nuremberg Laws of Nazi Germany. Holocaust Museum Houston presents “Race and Film: Clips from Birth of a Nation and Jud Süss.” Professor Cary Wintz from Texas Southern University will provide commentary and lead discussion relevant to these films. “Birth of a Nation,” directed by D.W. Griffith, was released in 1915. It is one of the most famous and controversial movies ever made. At the time, it was viewed as a technical marvel; crowds flocked to see it throughout the United States. Today, however, the film is most remembered for its racist portrayal of the period in American history after the Civil War known as Reconstruction. “Jud Süss” is a 1940 film, produced by Terra Filmkunst, on behalf of the Nazi regime. It was conceived as an antisemitic propaganda film. The movie played on basic Nazi stereotypes of Jews having hooked noses and being materialistic, immoral, cunning, untrustworthy and physically unattractive. Both films were used to support the legal structures existing in both Nazi Germany and the United States. By using popular culture to continue the customs that existed in the societies, each country’s dominant group was able sustain the power structures that offered privilege to some and were detrimental to the “other” group. This program is cosponsored by The Health Museum. Admission is free, but advance registration is required. Visit www.hmh.org/registerevent.aspx to RSVP online. For more information, call 713-942-8000, ext. 104 or e-mail
events@hmh.org.
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Bonhoeffer Tours
October 23, 2011
3:00 PM
- 4:00 PM
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Location Morgan Family Center
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Holocaust Museum Houston offers tours focusing on the German Lutheran theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer every Sunday afternoon in October 2011. The life and ministry of Bonhoeffer and his message to the church in the context of the events of the Holocaust will be the focus of tours of the Museum's permanent exhibit, German railcar and Danish fishing boat. Tours include a look at the early influences on Bonhoeffer before the Holocaust, his organization of the Confessing Church to stand with the Jews in reaction to the Aryan clause and his imprisonment and execution at the Flossenburg concentration camp by direct order from Adolf Hitler. Admission and the walk-in tour are free. To schedule a private group tour for 10 or more in advance, visit the Museum's Web site at www.hmh.org or call 713-942-8000, ext. 102.
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The 2012 Butterfly Project Calendar: What I Could Have Been
October 18, 2011
6:00 PM
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Location Deutsch and Deutsch Fine Jewelry, 3747 Westheimer Road at Weslayan
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Join Holocaust Museum Houston for the official launch party for the 2012 Butterfly Project calendar. The butterfly - with its story of rebirth and transformation into new life - has become a symbol of freedom from oppression, intolerance and hatred ever since Pavel Friedman, a young boy held captive in the Terezin concentration camp in Czechoslovakia, wrote his poem “The Butterfly.” A total of 15,000 children under the age of 15 passed through the Terezin concentration camp from 1942 to 1944. Less than 100 survived. To remember all of the 1.5 million children who died in the Holocaust, Holocaust Museum Houston is collecting 1.5 million butterflies prepared from arts and crafts materials for a breath-taking exhibition in 2014 that all will remember. The evening will culminate with a special presentation by Astronaut Rex Walheim of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Admission is free, but advance registration is requested. Visit http://www.hmh.org/RegisterEvent.aspx to RSVP online. For more information, call 713-942-8000, ext. 104 or e-mail
events@hmh.org.
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Bonhoeffer Tours
October 16, 2011
3:00 PM
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Location Morgan Family Center
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Holocaust Museum Houston offers tours focusing on the German Lutheran theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer every Sunday afternoon in October 2011. The life and ministry of Bonhoeffer and his message to the church in the context of the events of the Holocaust will be the focus of tours of the Museum's permanent exhibit, German railcar and Danish fishing boat. Tours include a look at the early influences on Bonhoeffer before the Holocaust, his organization of the Confessing Church to stand with the Jews in reaction to the Aryan clause and his imprisonment and execution at the Flossenburg concentration camp by direct order from Adolf Hitler. Admission and the walk-in tour are free. To schedule a private group tour for 10 or more in advance, visit the Museum's Web site at www.hmh.org or call 713-942-8000, ext. 102.
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Bonhoeffer Tours
October 9, 2011
3:00 PM
- 4:00 PM
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Location Morgan Family Center
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Holocaust Museum Houston offers tours focusing on the German Lutheran theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer every Sunday afternoon in October 2011. The life and ministry of Bonhoeffer and his message to the church in the context of the events of the Holocaust will be the focus of tours of the Museum's permanent exhibit, German railcar and Danish fishing boat. Tours include a look at the early influences on Bonhoeffer before the Holocaust, his organization of the Confessing Church to stand with the Jews in reaction to the Aryan clause and his imprisonment and execution at the Flossenburg concentration camp by direct order from Adolf Hitler. Admission and the walk-in tour are free. To schedule a private group tour for 10 or more in advance, visit the Museum's Web site at www.hmh.org or call 713-942-8000, ext. 102.
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Yom Kippur
October 8, 2011
12:00 PM
- 5:00 PM
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Location Morgan Family Center
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The Museum will be closed Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011, in observance of Yom Kippur. The Museum reopens at noon on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011.
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First Thursdays: “Forbidden Games”
October 6, 2011
7:00 PM
- 9:00 PM
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Location Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater
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One of the first films to see the horrors of war through the eyes of children, “Forbidden Games” is a timeless evocation of childhood innocence corrupted. René Clément’s film tells the story of a young girl orphaned by war and the farm boy she joins in a fantastical world of macabre play. Mythical and heartbreakingly real, this unique film features astonishing performances by its child stars and was honored with a special foreign language film Academy Award in 1952. This film is presented as part of Holocaust Museum Houston’s Fall Film Series. Admission is $4 for HMH members and $5 for nonmembers. Visit http://www.hmh.org/RegisterEvent.aspx to RSVP online. For more information, call 713-942-8000, ext. 104 or e-mail events@hmh.org. Holocaust Museum Houston will be open extended hours on the First Thursday of every month. The Museum will remain open from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. for Members at the Sponsor Level and above. Quarterly, the Museum will present “Legacies and Lessons,” educational sessions about the Holocaust, other genocides and Museum events. For questions about membership or First Thursdays, please call Member Services at 713-527-1640 or e-mail
membership@hmh.org.
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Bonhoeffer Tours
October 2, 2011
3:00 PM
- 4:00 PM
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Location Morgan Family Center
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Holocaust Museum Houston offers tours focusing on the German Lutheran theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer every Sunday afternoon in October 2011. The life and ministry of Bonhoeffer and his message to the church in the context of the events of the Holocaust will be the focus of tours of the Museum's permanent exhibit, German railcar and Danish fishing boat. Tours include a look at the early influences on Bonhoeffer before the Holocaust, his organization of the Confessing Church to stand with the Jews in reaction to the Aryan clause and his imprisonment and execution at the Flossenburg concentration camp by direct order from Adolf Hitler. Admission and the walk-in tour are free. To schedule a private group tour for 10 or more in advance, visit the Museum's Web site at www.hmh.org or call 713-942-8000, ext. 102.
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Rosh Hashanah
September 29, 2011
9:00 AM
- 5:00 PM
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Location Morgan Family Center
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The Museum will be closed Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011 in observance of Rosh Hashanah. The Museum reopens at 9 a.m. Friday, Sept. 30, 2011.
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Smithsonian Magazine’s National Museum Day
September 24, 2011
12:00 PM
- 5:00 PM
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Location Morgan Family Center
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Holocaust Museum Houston is honored to participate in this year’s National Museum Day sponsored by Smithsonian magazine. Hundreds of museums nationwide will open their doors for free to magazine readers and Smithsonian.com Web site visitors. Bring your Smithsonian magazine admission card from the September 2011 issue or download your card from www.Smithsonian.com. For more information, call 713-942-8000 or e-mail membership@hmh.org.
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Holocaust Museum Houston Book Club: “Erased”
September 22, 2011
8:30 PM
- 9:30 PM
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Location Avrohm I. Wisenberg Multipurpose Learning Center
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Following Professor Omer Bartov’s public lecture based on his book “Erased: Vanishing Traces of Jewish Galicia in Present-Day Ukraine,” participants in Holocaust Museum Houston’s Book Club will meet in the Museum’s classroom to discuss his presentation and book. Discussion for the book club will be led by the Museum’s education department staff and docents, with dessert and coffee provided. Tickets are $20 for Holocaust Museum Houston members and $25 for non-members. Participants should purchase their own copies of the book, which will be available at the HMH Store on site. Visit www.hmh.org/RegisterEvent.aspx to RSVP online. Please note: you must register in addition to registering for the lecture to attend this event. For more information, call 713-942-8000, ext. 105 or e-mail
education@hmh.org
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"Erased: Vanishing Traces of Jewish Galicia in Present-Day Ukraine," featuring Omer Bartov
September 22, 2011
7:00 PM
- 8:30 PM
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Location Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater
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This poignant travelogue reveals the complete erasure of the Jews and their removal from public memory in the service of a fiercely aggressive Ukranian nationalism. Omer Bartov, a leading Holocaust scholar, discovers that he must learn to understand the complex interethnic relationships and conflicts that have existed for centuries. In this free public lecture, he will recreate the histories of the vibrant Jewish and Polish communities who once lived there and describe what is left today following their brutal and complete destruction. Bartov is the John P. Birkelund Distinguished Professor of European History at Brown University. This lecture is generously underwritten by Dan P. Gordon. Admission is free but seating is limited and advance registration is required. Visit www.hmh.org/RegisterEvent.aspx to RSVP online. For more information, call 713-942-8000, ext. 104 or e-mail
events@hmh.org.
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One-Day Teacher Workshop: "Legacies and Meaning: The World War II Era"
September 22, 2011
9:00 AM
- 3:30 PM
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Location Avrohm I. Wisenberg Multipurpose Learning Center
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Two new exhibitions will open at Holocaust Museum Houston this summer: “Ours To Fight For” and “The Impact of Racist Ideologies: Jim Crow and the Nuremberg Laws.” This one-day teacher workshop scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011 will focus on the topics of these two exhibitions. Beginning at 9 a.m., educators will view “Ours To Fight For.” This exhibition details the experiences of American minorities fighting in World War II, notably Jewish veterans. After viewing the exhibition, teachers will participate in a session about implementing the content of this exhibit in their classrooms. The morning will be especially relevant to history educators in addressing the new World War II TEKS. In the afternoon, teachers will view and discuss “The Impact of Racist Ideologies.” The afternoon session will include information about eugenics, customs and the laws used to develop these societies. Teachers who work with language, history and science will find these sessions significant in their teaching. Beginning at 7 p.m., historian Omer Bartov will conduct a public lecture that examines his work in “Erased: Vanishing Traces of Jewish Galicia in Present-Day Ukraine.” Teachers who attend the workshop will be able to attend this lecture, if they choose to do so. Bartov’s lecture will consider the long-lasting effects of the Holocaust, in which areas of Ukraine that were once filled with a vibrant Jewish community prior to the Holocaust now have no traces of that community left. The Bartov lecture itself is free, but the cost for the one-day session – including materials – is $15. Lunch is not included. To register for the workshop and/or the lecture, please visit www.hmh.org/RegisterEvent.aspx. For more information, e-mail
education@hmh.org.
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Houston Museum District Day
September 17, 2011
10:00 AM
- 5:00 PM
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Location Morgan Family Center
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The Museum opens at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011, for Houston Museum District Day. Join us for guided tours, special workshops and our changing exhibitions. Houstonians can honor members of the United States armed forces by donating small care package items and writing letters to the troops currently stationed overseas. In partnership with the Houston-area chapter of Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc., and Park Plaza Hospital, the Museum will be collecting personal care items throughout the day. Houstonians looking to express their creativity will find an opportunity to do so with an activity based on honoring current members of the United States armed forces who are serving in Iraq or Afghanistan. Adults and children alike may write letters, notes and postcards to the troops. Also that Saturday, three Houston-area survivors who endured the Nazi oppression will speak about their experiences. Speakers are scheduled for 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Seating is limited, and guests are encouraged to arrive early. For more information, call 713-942-8000 or e-mail
events@hmh.org.
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“About Face,” with Steven Karras
September 14, 2011
7:00 PM
- 8:30 PM
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Location Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater
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This film documents the World War II story of young Jewish men who escaped certain danger at the hands of the Nazis and returned to fight them in Europe and North Africa. Told through the eyes of these men, the film chronicles the journey from Nazi victim to refugee and finally to Allied soldier. Filmmaker Steven Karras is also the author of the book “The Enemy I Knew.” The book is a collection of 27 first-person combat accounts, sought by the author, from German and Austrian Jews. Karras will introduce the film and discuss it afterward. He will also sign copies of his book. Admission is free, but seating is limited and advance registration is required. Visit www.hmh.org/RegisterEvent.aspx to RSVP online. For more information, call 713-942-8000, ext. 104 or e-mail
events@hmh.org.
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“Righteous Among the Nations” Presentation
September 7, 2011
7:00 PM
- 8:00 PM
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Location Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater
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The Houston-area family of a German national who protected three Jewish men during the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam will receive the prestigious “Righteous Among the Nations” award in her memory during ceremonies this September at Holocaust Museum Houston. Dr. Dieter Heymann, a retired chemistry professor from Rice University, and other family members will accept the medal and a certificate from Israeli Consul General Meir Shlomo on behalf of the State of Israel in honor of Heymann’s mother, Erika Heymann. Heymann and his family will receive the honor at a ceremony co-hosted by Holocaust Museum Houston and the Consulate General of Israel to the Southwest on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, beginning at 7 p.m. in the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater at the Museum’s Morgan Family Center, 5401 Caroline St., in Houston’s Museum District. Admission is free, but seating is limited, and advanced registration is requested. A reception will follow the presentation. Visit www.hmh.org/RegisterEvent.aspx to RSVP online. For moreinformation, call 713-942-8000, ext. 104 or e-mail
events@hmh.org.
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Labor Day Weekend
September 5, 2011
9:00 AM
- 5:00 PM
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Location Morgan Family Center
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The Museum will remain open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 5, 2011.
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First Thursdays: “Eulogy: A Holocaust Art Piece”
September 1, 2011
6:30 PM
- 8:00 PM
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Location Morgan Family Center
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