2010 Events
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"S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine"
August 30, 2010
6:30 PM
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Location Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater
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Join Holocaust Museum Houston Cultural Bridges members and the French Consulate in Houston for the film " S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine" (S-21, la Machine de Mort Khmère Rouge) S21 refers to “Monti Santesok S 21,” the main “security office of the Democratic Cambodia of the Khmer Rouge. Nearly 17,000 prisoners were imprisoned, tortured, interrogated and executed there between 1975-1979. Only three of them are still alive. S-21, la machine de mort khmere rouge attempts to understand the mechanisms behind the methodical application of one of the 20th century’s most terrifying ideologies. For three years, Rithy Panh and his crew undertook a long investigation, interviewing those who managed to escape along with their tortures. They convinced them to return to the former S-21 building, which has now been converted to a genocide museum to confront the past. This film is not recommended for audiences under the age of 17 due to the graphic nature of the film. Admission is free, but seating is limited, and advance registration is required. Visit http://www.hmh.org/RegisterEvent.aspx to RSVP online. For more information, call 713-942-8000, ext. 312 or e-mail
 culturalbridges@hmh.org.
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Teacher Workshop with Ephraim Kaye, Director of International Seminars for Educators at Yad Vashem
August 10, 2010
8:45 AM
- 3:30 PM
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Location Avrohm I. Wisenberg Multipurpose Learning Center
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This one-day workshop will feature three distinct programs teachers can implement in their classrooms. In the morning session, teachers will consider the issues of perpetrators, bystanders and collaborators as they work through the question “How was it humanly possible?” The second part of the morning will focus on a new project using Holocaust survivor testimony. In the afternoon, teachers will learn how to use educational tools to combat the phenomena of Holocaust denial. Ephraim Kaye holds a first and second degree in modern Jewish history and the history of the Holocaust from Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He taught 11th- and 12th-grade students for 23 years and has been with Yad Vashem since 1988. He has coordinated and led more than 200 international seminars with participants from over 25 countries in 10 different languages. Kaye has also guided more than 17 trips to Poland for high school students, Yad Vashem graduates and Israel Defense Force officers. He is the author of several books and articles. He is a frequent conference speaker. Holocaust Museum Houston is a provider of continuing professional education (CPE) approved by the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) whose provider number is 500499. This program is being provided free of cost through Yad Vashem, however, registration is required in advance by Aug. 5, 2010. Visit www.hmh.org/RegisterEvent.aspx to register online. For more information, call 713-942-8000, ext. 105 or e-mail
teachertraining@hmh.org.
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First Thursdays
August 5, 2010
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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"The Laramie Project"
July 24, 2010
8:00 PM
- 10:00 PM
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Location Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater
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Theatre New West, in conjunction with Holocaust Museum Houston, presents "The Laramie Project," a compelling theatrical production based on interviews with members of the Laramie, Wyoming community after Matthew Shepard, a young, gay student at the University of Wyoming, was kidnapped, savagely beaten and left hanging on a fence to die in October 1998. Five weeks later, Moisés Kaufman and fellow members of the Tectonic Theater Project in New York City went to Laramie, and over the course of the next year, conducted more than 200 interviews with people of the town. From these interviews, they wrote the play "The Laramie Project," a chronicle of the life of the town of Laramie in the year after the murder. When the play was first produced in 1998, it was the most produced play in America, both by regional theaters and at colleges and universities. It was an international success, and was made into a film produced by HBO. Performances are Thursdays and Saturday from June 24 through July 24, beginning at 8 p.m., and one Sunday performance on July 11 at 6 p.m. Tickets are $25 each or $20 for seniors over age 62 and students with a valid student identification card. All seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. For tickets or more information, call Theatre New West at 713-522-2204 or e-mail
theatrenewwest@att.net.
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"The Laramie Project"
July 22, 2010
7:30 PM
- 9:30 PM
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Location Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater
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Theatre New West, in conjunction with Holocaust Museum Houston, presents "The Laramie Project," a compelling theatrical production based on interviews with members of the Laramie, Wyoming community after Matthew Shepard, a young, gay student at the University of Wyoming, was kidnapped, savagely beaten and left hanging on a fence to die in October 1998. Five weeks later, Moisés Kaufman and fellow members of the Tectonic Theater Project in New York City went to Laramie, and over the course of the next year, conducted more than 200 interviews with people of the town. From these interviews, they wrote the play "The Laramie Project," a chronicle of the life of the town of Laramie in the year after the murder. When the play was first produced in 1998, it was the most produced play in America, both by regional theaters and at colleges and universities. It was an international success, and was made into a film produced by HBO. Performances are Thursdays and Saturday from June 24 through July 24, beginning at 8 p.m., and one Sunday performance on July 11 at 6 p.m. Tickets are $25 each or $20 for seniors over age 62 and students with a valid student identification card. All seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. For tickets or more information, call Theatre New West at 713-522-2204 or e-mail
theatrenewwest@att.net.
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"The Laramie Project"
July 17, 2010
8:00 PM
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Location Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater
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Theatre New West, in conjunction with Holocaust Museum Houston, presents "The Laramie Project," a compelling theatrical production based on interviews with members of the Laramie, Wyoming community after Matthew Shepard, a young, gay student at the University of Wyoming, was kidnapped, savagely beaten and left hanging on a fence to die in October 1998. Five weeks later, Moisés Kaufman and fellow members of the Tectonic Theater Project in New York City went to Laramie, and over the course of the next year, conducted more than 200 interviews with people of the town. From these interviews, they wrote the play "The Laramie Project," a chronicle of the life of the town of Laramie in the year after the murder. When the play was first produced in 1998, it was the most produced play in America, both by regional theaters and at colleges and universities. It was an international success, and was made into a film produced by HBO. Performances are Thursdays and Saturday from June 24 through July 24, beginning at 8 p.m., and one Sunday performance on July 11 at 6 p.m. Tickets are $25 each or $20 for seniors over age 62 and students with a valid student identification card. All seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. For tickets or more information, call Theatre New West at 713-522-2204 or e-mail
theatrenewwest@att.net.
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"The Laramie Project"
July 15, 2010
7:30 PM
- 9:30 PM
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Location Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater
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Theatre New West, in conjunction with Holocaust Museum Houston, presents "The Laramie Project," a compelling theatrical production based on interviews with members of the Laramie, Wyoming community after Matthew Shepard, a young, gay student at the University of Wyoming, was kidnapped, savagely beaten and left hanging on a fence to die in October 1998. Five weeks later, Moisés Kaufman and fellow members of the Tectonic Theater Project in New York City went to Laramie, and over the course of the next year, conducted more than 200 interviews with people of the town. From these interviews, they wrote the play "The Laramie Project," a chronicle of the life of the town of Laramie in the year after the murder. When the play was first produced in 1998, it was the most produced play in America, both by regional theaters and at colleges and universities. It was an international success, and was made into a film produced by HBO. Performances are Thursdays and Saturday from June 24 through July 24, beginning at 8 p.m., and one Sunday performance on July 11 at 6 p.m. Tickets are $25 each or $20 for seniors over age 62 and students with a valid student identification card. All seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. For tickets or more information, call Theatre New West at 713-522-2204 or e-mail
theatrenewwest@att.net.
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"The Laramie Project"
July 11, 2010
6:00 PM
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Location Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater
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Theatre New West, in conjunction with Holocaust Museum Houston, presents "The Laramie Project," a compelling theatrical production based on interviews with members of the Laramie, Wyoming community after Matthew Shepard, a young, gay student at the University of Wyoming, was kidnapped, savagely beaten and left hanging on a fence to die in October 1998. Five weeks later, Moisés Kaufman and fellow members of the Tectonic Theater Project in New York City went to Laramie, and over the course of the next year, conducted more than 200 interviews with people of the town. From these interviews, they wrote the play "The Laramie Project," a chronicle of the life of the town of Laramie in the year after the murder. When the play was first produced in 1998, it was the most produced play in America, both by regional theaters and at colleges and universities. It was an international success, and was made into a film produced by HBO. Performances are Thursdays and Saturday from June 24 through July 24, beginning at 8 p.m., and one Sunday performance on July 11 at 6 p.m. Tickets are $25 each or $20 for seniors over age 62 and students with a valid student identification card. All seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. For tickets or more information, call Theatre New West at 713-522-2204 or e-mail
theatrenewwest@att.net.
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"The Laramie Project"
July 10, 2010
8:00 PM
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Location Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater
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Theatre New West, in conjunction with Holocaust Museum Houston, presents "The Laramie Project," a compelling theatrical production based on interviews with members of the Laramie, Wyoming community after Matthew Shepard, a young, gay student at the University of Wyoming, was kidnapped, savagely beaten and left hanging on a fence to die in October 1998. Five weeks later, Moisés Kaufman and fellow members of the Tectonic Theater Project in New York City went to Laramie, and over the course of the next year, conducted more than 200 interviews with people of the town. From these interviews, they wrote the play "The Laramie Project," a chronicle of the life of the town of Laramie in the year after the murder. When the play was first produced in 1998, it was the most produced play in America, both by regional theaters and at colleges and universities. It was an international success, and was made into a film produced by HBO. Performances are Thursdays and Saturday from June 24 through July 24, beginning at 8 p.m., and one Sunday performance on July 11 at 6 p.m. Shepard's mother, Judy Shepard, will speak prior to the July 10 performance. Tickets are $25 each or $20 for seniors over age 62 and students with a valid student identification card. All seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. For tickets or more information, call Theatre New West at 713-522-2204 or e-mail
theatrenewwest@att.net.
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The Creation of “Beyond the Dreams of Avarice: The Hermann Goering Collection”
July 8, 2010
6:30 PM
- 8:30 PM
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Location Brown Auditorium Theater, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Caroline Wiess Law Building, 1001 Bissonnet, Houston, TX 77006
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The head of the Department of Curatorial Records at The National Gallery of Art since 1990, Nancy Yeide has been involved in World War II-era provenance for the last decade. As an internationally recognized expert on the history of art collecting in the 19th and 20th centuries, she has taken a leading role in conducting provenance research on works in the gallery’s collection and has spoken and written widely on the subject. Yeide was named the prestigious Ailsa Mellon Bruce Sabbatical Curatorial Fellow for 2002-2003, during which time she researched the art collection of Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering. The results of her extensive research were recently published in the catalogue raisonné “Beyond the Dreams of Avarice: The Hermann Goering Collection.” According to Yeide, next to Hitler, Goering was the most voracious collector of artworks plundered from Nazi-occupied lands. Goering believed himself to be a sophisticated connoisseur and, in his own mind, a Renaissance man. At his country estate, Carinhall, outside Berlin, Goering built galleries to display his growing collection. Yeide’s analysis suggests that the Goering Collection held more than 1,800 works, looted from collections, museums and galleries across Nazi-occupied Europe. Yeide holds a master of arts degree from American University and serves on a number of professional advisory panels. She is a frequent lecturer on a variety of topics at universities and museums around the world. Admission is free, but seating is limited, and advance registration is required. Visit http://www.hmh.org/RegisterEvent.aspx to RSVP online. This program has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. For their support of the Max M. Kaplan Summer Institute for Educators, Holocaust Museum Houston thanks the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany; the Max M. Kaplan Teacher Education Fund; the Chevra Kadisha Holocaust Studies Scholarship Fund; the Lea K. Weems Memorial Scholarship Fund; H-E-B, Corporate Chairman Circle Member; and Continental Airlines, the official airline of Holocaust Museum Houston. For more information, call 713-942-8000 or e-mail
events@hmh.org.
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“The Rape of Europa”
July 7, 2010
6:30 PM
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Location Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater
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For 12 long years, the Nazis looted and destroyed art on a scale unprecedented in history. “The Rape of Europa” is a feature documentary film that takes the audience on an epic journey through seven countries and into the violent whirlwind of ideological fanaticism, greed and warfare that threatened to wipe out the artistic heritage of Europe. Fighting back, heroic young museum officials and art historians from America and across Europe mounted a miraculous campaign to rescue and return the millions of artworks displaced by the war. Today, more than 60 years later, the legacy of this tragic history continues to play out as families of looted collectors recover major works of art, conservators repair battle damage and nations fight over the fate of ill-gotten spoils of war. Joan Allen narrates this breathtaking chronicle about the battle over the very survival of centuries of western culture. Admission is $4 for HMH members and $5 for nonmembers. Seating is limited, and advance registration is required. Visit http://www.hmh.org/RegisterEvent.aspx to RSVP online. This program has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. For their support of the Max M. Kaplan Summer Institute for Educators, Holocaust Museum Houston thanks the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany; the Max M. Kaplan Teacher Education Fund; the Chevra Kadisha Holocaust Studies Scholarship Fund; the Lea K. Weems Memorial Scholarship Fund; H-E-B, Corporate Chairman Circle Member; and Continental Airlines, the official airline of Holocaust Museum Houston. For more information, call 713-942-8000 or e-mail
events@hmh.org.
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“The Roma in the Contemporary World”
July 6, 2010
7:00 PM
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Location Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater
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Dr. Ian Hancock – Romani scholar, linguist, and activist – was recently appointed a member of the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission. Dileep Karanth, editor of “Danger! Educated Gypsy: Selected Essays by Ian Hancock,” writes in the book’s introduction, “My teacher, Professor Ian F. Hancock, is an unusual man: unusual in his background, in the breadth of his interests and in the range of his accomplishments. He was the first Gypsy to be awarded a doctorate in the United Kingdom; he is perhaps the only person to hold three doctorates without having finished high school. Author of over 350 publications, esteemed teacher to generations of students and tireless spokesman for the Romani peoples of the world, Ian has achieved much fame and even some notoriety in his eventful lifetime.” Hancock regularly introduces non-Romani audiences to the history, culture and complexities of Roma existence. In March 2010, Hancock presented the keynote address at the European Commission Meeting on Roma. In this public lecture, Hancock will share his scholarship and ideas at a time when the Romani people in Europe experience severe human rights violations. Hancock’s work suggests that the current situation of Roma must be explored from both a contemporary and a historical perspective. His expertise is both scholarly and personal, and his position as a Romani and a scholar allows him both opportunity and unique challenges. Hancock is professor and director of the Program of Romani Studies and the Romani Archives and Documentation Center at The University of Texas at Austin. Admission is $4 for HMH members and $5 for nonmembers. Seating is limited, and advance registration is required. Visit http://www.hmh.org/RegisterEvent.aspx to RSVP online. This program has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. For their support of the Max M. Kaplan Summer Institute for Educators, Holocaust Museum Houston thanks the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany; the Max M. Kaplan Teacher Education Fund; the Chevra Kadisha Holocaust Studies Scholarship Fund; the Lea K. Weems Memorial Scholarship Fund; H-E-B, Corporate Chairman Circle Member; and Continental Airlines, the official airline of Holocaust Museum Houston. For more information, call 713-942-8000 or e-mail events@hmh.org.
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Max M. Kaplan Summer Institute for Teachers
July 6, 2010
9:00 AM
- 4:00 PM
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Location Avrohm I. Wisenberg Multipurpose Learning Center
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The Max M. Kaplan Summer Institute for Educators at Holocaust Museum Houston is a four-day program that moves beyond the general history of the Holocaust to explore the various dimensions and implications of the Holocaust and other genocides. The institute provides substantive content and the opportunity to network with internationally known scholars of the Holocaust and teachers from around the world. The program is directed toward educators on a secondary or higher level, but university students and educators of all levels who have a specific interest in and background knowledge of the Holocaust are invited to attend. Seating is limited and is on a competitive basis. The cost to attend the program is $150, which includes lunch and materials for the four days. For more information, call 713-942-8000, ext. 123 or e-mail
teachertraining@hmh.org.
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First Thursdays
July 1, 2010
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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