Fall 2019 Bearing Witness Magazine and Gratitude Report

UPCOMING EVENTS

24th LBJ Moral Courage Award Dinner Raises $1.1 Million With 900 people on hand, Holocaust Museum Houston (HMH) celebrated its 24th Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award Dinner Tuesday, May 7, 2019, at the Hilton Americas-Houston. The annual dinner, honoring BakerRipley and the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), raised $1.1 million to support the Museum. Honorary Chairs for this historic event included The Honorable Lina Hidalgo, Harris County Judge, Luci Baines Johnson, Lynda Johnson Robb and The Honorable Sylvester Turner, Mayor, City of Houston. Dinner chairs were City of Houston Mayor Pro Tem Ellen R. Cohen, Lily and Charles Foster, Punkin and Walter Hecht and BJ and Buddy Herz. Nancy Li-Tarim and Dr. Soner Tarim served as host committee chairs. 1. Dinner Chairs Lily and Charles Foster, Luci Baines Johnson 2. Marcie Zlotnik, Dinner Chair Ellen Cohen 3. HMH Chair Benjamin Warren, HIAS CEO Mark Hetfield 4. Susan Baker, BakerRipley CEO Claudia Aguirre, Felix and Nelly Fraga 5. Dinner Chairs Buddy and BJ Herz 6. HMH CEO Dr. Kelly J. Zúñiga, Dinner Chairs Walter and Punkin Hecht 7. Nancy Li-Tarim and Dr. Soner Tarim

A CONVERSATION WITH DOLORES HUERTA DECEMBER 5, 2019

6:30 P.M. | Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater Holocaust Museum Houston invites the community to join us in welcoming civil rights activist and community organizer, Dolores Huerta, to the Museum. Huerta was the cofounder of the United Farm Workers Association and is one of the most influential labor activists of the 20th century and a leader of the Chicano civil rights movement. She is currently featured in the Museum’s Human Rights gallery, alongside Cesar Chavez, highlighting the history of the United Farm Workers Association.

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75 TH ANNIVERSARY OF LIBERATION JANUARY 27, 2020 6:30 P.M. | Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater

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Join the Museum for a panel discussion with Consul Generals on the moral obligation of the international community to rescue Jews during the Holocaust, followed by a performance of the one woman show, “Whistle.” The semi- autobiographical play tells the story of a second generation Holocaust survivor whose mother was Josef Mengele’s secretary for four years.

“AUSCHWITZ. NOT LONG AGO. NOT FAR AWAY.” WITH DR. ROBERT JAN VAN PELT JANUARY 30, 2020 6:30 P.M. | Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater Dr. Van Pelt will discuss the exhibit that traces the development of Nazi ideology and tells the transformation of Auschwitz from an ordinary Polish town, known as Oswi ę cim, to the most significant Nazi site of the Holocaust. MUSIC IS A DREAM – COMMISSIONED BY RIVER OAKS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA MARCH 5, 2020 7:30 P.M. | Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater “Music is a Dream” is dedicated to the memory of pianist Alice Herz-Sommer, who was imprisoned in Theresienstadt and performed there during her imprisonment. Also to be performed, “We Were the Music” is inspired by and dedicated to Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who played cello in the women’s orchestra in Auschwitz. ´

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