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HOLOCAUSTMUSEUMHOUSTON MorganFamilyCenter 5401CarolineStreet Houston, TX 77004 InHouston’sMuseumDistrict Phone: 713-942-8000

Fax: 713-942-7953 E-mail: info@hmh.org

EXECUTIVEDIRECTOR Kelly J. Zúñiga, Ed.D., CFRE

EDITOR IraD. Perry

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“GROUNDZERO 360” This extraordinary exhibition uses harrowing visuals, chilling audio clips and a unique panoramic installation todepict the aftermath of one of themost tragic events inAmerican history –9/11. ADMISSIONPOLICIES CHANGE Beginning inApril, Holocaust MuseumHouston has revised its admission rates andpolicies to allow for continuedgrowth of theMuseum. A LUNCHEONMIRACLE The2013Guardian of theHuman Spirit Luncheon brings in nearly $900,000 to help teach the dangers of hatred, prejudice and apathy. PROGRAMGOES INTERNATIONAL Aprogram initiated to allow the children and close friends of Holocaust survivors to continue to share their historieswhen the survivors can no longer do so.

ARTISTICDIRECTOR JaysonMelanson

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MUSEUMSTAFF JaniceAdamson DavidAlonzo Marci Dallas DawnGillespie ReginaGonzales JoseGonzalez PamHamilton StevenHammer KristaHeide Roger Henderson CharlieKerouac KristinAlbers Lamm Carol Manley JaysonMelanson Hazel Mester IraD. Perry LorriannRodriguez

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SAVING THEPAST FOROURFUTURE MuseumChairMarkMucasey provides an update on the conservation of our Danish rescue boat. HEROESOFCIVIL RIGHTS The2014 LyndonBaines JohnsonMoral CourageAward Dinner honors civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Holocaust SurvivorGerda WeissmannKlein.

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MonicaRose EmilySample TamaraSavage DaphneSingleterry-Kearson SuzanneSutherland Courtney Tutt Mary LeeWebeck, Ph.D.

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“THERESCUERS: PICTURINGMORAL COURAGE”

Their’s are stories of courage and inspirationwe can all learn from.

Holocaust Museum Houston is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums and isamember of theHoustonMuseumDistrict Association.

HMH LAUNCHESNEWMEMBERSHIP LEVELS Holocaust Museum Houston has launched an exciting new Museum membership program. New categories with richer benefits at every level have been created to give members the best experience possible. HMH members enjoy a wide variety of benefits, from free Museum admission to Museum store and program discounts. Starting at the Director level ($100), members will receive reciprocal membership benefits at more than 650 museums nationwide. Members also are invited to enjoy greater savings and even more benefits by upgrading their current membership. In recognitionof the long-time support of theMuseum’s seniormembers, that program is beingmade available to anyone age 65 and older. Seniors now can take a 10 percent discount on any membership level, starting at the Individual level ($50) up to the new $5,000 Guardian level. For more information regarding Museum membership, visit www.hmh.org, e-mail membership@hmh.org or call 713-527-1640.

“HMHBearingWitness” is the official newsletter of HolocaustMuseumHouston.

©2014, All rights reserved.

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FROM THECHAIR

CHAIR MarkMucasey

Boat RestorationAdvances Saving thePast

VICECHAIRS Communications - Isabel David Development - InnaWizig Education - JerryRochman Museum -HymanPenn, M.D.

TREASURER Corey F. Powell

SECRETARY Hon. AnneClutterbuck

for Our Future

IMMEDIATEPASTCHAIR Tali Blumrosen

TRUSTEES DavidP. Bell, Ed.D. NancyS. Dinerstein Jeff Early Heidi Gerger Cheryl Golub Daniel P. Gordon Toni Hennike LeisaHolland-Nelson Gail Klein Richard Leibman Nancy Li ButchMach GaryMarkowitz EdithMincberg Amb. Arthur L. Schechter Joel Spira AnnaSteinberger, Ph.D. Jennifer Stockel BenjaminS.Warren EileenD.Weisman HayaVaron Hon. FredS. Zeidman EX-OFFICIO Kelly J. Zúñiga, Ed.D., CFRE ExecutiveDirector, HolocaustMuseumHouston Rick Kaplan, President, TheHoustonHolocaustMuseum Foundation, Inc.

MarkMucasey, Chair

When I takenoticeof theprogressof restorationof ourHolocaust-eraDanish rescueboat, I am remindedof the importanceof oneof our three institutional imperatives – preservation and access. When our boat was dedicated in January 2008, it appeared in remarkably good condition, but over the years, Houston’s heat and humidity have not been kind. Nor havedeniers of theHolocaust, whoonce suggestedpublicly that it be burned instead of restored. Thanks to the work of Walter Hansen and a dedicated corps of volunteer maritime andwoodworking enthusiasts and experts, it has been undergoing conservation for some time now, andwe have discoveredmany new things about it in the process. Just recently, we received details about the boat, its builder and its first owner.We even received photographs of the boat taken in the 1950s from the JuelsmindeHarborMuseum. Thesephotosarebeingusedaswedevelop measurements of the original wheelhouse and forward cabin. Now named the “Hanne Frank,” the boat was originally named “Kristine” andwas one of three sister vessels. Our boat has a storied history, like all of our artifacts, and we hope soon in our future it can be preserved in a more climate-controlled environment that will honor its legacy for many years to come.We have already seen an outpouring of support for its conservation, but to complete this important project will cost almost $200,000. To find out how you can help, please take a moment to call 713-527-1612 or visit our website at www.hmh.org tomake a donation.

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Civil RightsChampionDr. Martin Luther King Jr. andHolocaust Survivor Gerda WeissmannKlein toReceive 2014 LyndonBaines JohnsonMoral CourageAward

Two champions of the human spirit whooffered adreamof hope and humanity formillions of people havebeen named to receive the internationally recognized 2014 Lyndon Baines JohnsonMoral Courage Award given by HolocaustMuseumHouston thisMay. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will receive the award posthumously, with his sonMartin Luther King III accepting on hisbehalf.Human rightsactivist andsurvivorGerdaWeissmannKleinwill alsobehonoredduring theMuseum’s annual dinner set for Thursday, May 29, 2014. Registration begins at 6 p.m., with the dinner at 7 p.m. at the HiltonAmericas-Houston, 1600 Lamar. The annual event – one of the city’s largest andmost widely recognized philanthropic dinners – supports the worldwide educational programs of the Museum. More than 920 people attended last year’s dinner, which raisedmore than$1.1million for theMuseum.

Often called “one of themost courageous persons theCivil RightsMovement ever produced,” U.S. Rep. John Lewiswill serve as keynote speaker.

Chairing this year’sevent areCrystal E. Ashby, Pastor KirbyjonH.Caldwell, J. Kent Friedman, Regina J. Rogers, DavidL.SolomonandShawnA. Taylor. HonorarychairsareStanfordAlexander,ArchbishopEmeritus JosephA. Fiorenza, U.S. Rep. Al Green, Rabbi Samuel E. Karff, Rev.WilliamA. Lawson, Ambassador Arthur L. Schechter andFredS. Zeidman.

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“Since our founding in 1996, it has been our mission to teach the dangers of hatred, prejudice and apathy. In many ways, the struggle of African-Americans for their freedoms parallels the tragedy our own Survivors underwent during theHolocaust. Thesewere each unique situations, but each has shown over the years why thatmissionhasbeen so important and remains so today. These two individuals stoodup in the faceof injustice and provided many, many people with a dream of hope, love and humanity that changed our world,” said MuseumChairMarkMucasey. HolocaustMuseumHoustoncreated theLyndonBaines JohnsonMoralCourageAward in1994 incooperation with the Johnson family. In 1938, as a young congressman, Johnson stretched the limits of his authority and riskedhispersonal dreams toprovideAmerican sanctuary for threatenedEuropean Jews. It isbecauseof these acts of moral courage that theMuseum proudly named the award in his honor. The award recognizes either a single righteous act or a lifetime of morally courageous behavior. Previous recipients have included French priest Father Patrick Desbois; Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel; activist and actressMia Farrow; humanitarian JohnPrendergast of theEnoughProject; U.S. Sen. John McCain; televisionproducerNormanLear; theHoustoncommunityofHolocaust survivors; the lateDaniel Pearl, the WallStreet Journal reporterwhowasmurderedby terrorists inPakistan; activistSirBobGeldof; formerU.S. Secretary of StateColin Powell; former U.S. Sen. LloydBentsen, Jr.; former U.S. Sen. Robert Dole; filmmaker StevenSpielberg; and former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, amongothers.

Tables of 10 are available beginning at $6,000. Individual tickets begin at $600 each. ToRSVP or to reserve a table, call 713-527-1612, or e-mail HMHDinner@hmh.org.

PaperCity is serving asmedia sponsor for the event.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Gerda Weissmann Klein

U.S. Representative John Lewis

During the less than 13 years of King’s leadership of the modern American Civil Rights Movement, fromDecember 1955 until April 4, 1968, African- Americans achieved more genuine progress toward racial equality inAmerica than theprevious 350 years had produced. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is widely regarded as America’s pre-eminent advocate of nonviolence and one of the greatest nonviolent leaders inworld history. Drawing inspiration from both his Christian faith and the peaceful teachings of Mahatma Gandhi, King led a nonviolent movement in the late 1950’s and ‘60s to achieve legal equality for African- Americans in theUnitedStates.Whileotherswere advocating for freedomby “anymeansnecessary,” including violence, King used the power of words andactsofnonviolent resistance, suchasprotests, grassroots organizing and civil disobedience, to achieve seemingly impossible goals. He went on to lead similar campaigns against poverty and international conflict, alwaysmaintaining fidelity to his principles that men and women everywhere, regardless of color or creed, are equal members of the human family.

Gerda Weissmann Klein is a Polish-born American writer and human rights activist. Her autobiographical account of the Holocaust, “All but My Life” (1957), was adapted for the 1995 short film “One Survivor Remembers,” which received anAcademy Award and anEmmy Award andwas selected for theNational FilmRegistry. Shemet her husband, Kurt Klein (1920–2002) on May 7, 1945, when as a lieutenant with the U.S. Army’s 5th Infantry Division, he liberated her and others from Nazi captivity. Married in 1946, the Kleins became tireless advocates of Holocaust education and human rights, dedicating most of their lives to promoting tolerance and community service. A naturalized U.S. citizen, Klein also founded Citizenship Counts, a nonprofit organization that champions the value and responsibilities of American citizenship. She has served on the governing board of the United States Holocaust MemorialMuseum,which featuresher testimony in a permanent exhibit. On Feb. 15, 2011, Kleinwas presentedwith thePresidentialMedal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in theUnitedStates.

U.S. Rep. John Lewis is often called “one of the most courageous persons the Civil Rights Movement ever produced,” Lewis has dedicated his life to protecting human rights, securing civil liberties and buildingwhat he calls “The Beloved Community” in America. His dedication to the highest ethical standards and moral principles has won him the admiration of many of his colleagues on both sides of the aisle in theUnitedStatesCongress. He has been called “the conscience of the U.S. Congress,” and RollCall magazinehassaid, “John Lewis… is a genuine American hero and moral leader who commands widespread respect in the chamber.” Hewasborn thesonof sharecroppersonFeb. 21, 1940, outside of Troy, Alabama. He grew up on his family’s farm and attended segregated public schools inPikeCounty, Alabama.

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PICTURES MORAL

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COURAGE Stories of courage and inspiration we can all learn from

Jan Karel Wijnbergen of Amsterdam was just 14 years old when she was approached and asked to join the resistance, helping to find shelter for Jewish children during the Holocaust. Enoch Rwanburindi of Rwanda sheltered Tutsis fleeing from the genocide in that country, hiding them and even

eventually building them their ownhome.Mina Jahi of Bosnia hid a man who had escaped his execution in Bosnia, saying only, “I knew that the same fate could happen tomy children, tomy sons,

and it was totally normal to help a man in trouble. I didn’t separate him from my own children.” Their’s are the stories of the new world- premiere exhibit “The Rescuers: Picturing MoralCourage,”on view throughAug. 31, 2014 at Holocaust MuseumHouston’s MorganFamilyCenter, 5401Caroline St. in Houston’s Museum District. They are the stories of 30 ordinary people who acted to do extraordinary things to save others, often putting their own lives at risk to do so. More than 30 images, accompanied by text from interviews, tell the stories of farmers, taxi drivers, nuns, mothers and fathers who risked everything to save neighbors, friends and strangers during the Holocaust and the genocides of Rwanda, Bosnia andCambodia.

Courtesy, PROOF: Media for Social Justice, Curatedby LeoraKahn, Photography byRiccardoGangale

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“The Rescuers: Picturing Moral Courage” is based on the work of Leora Kahn, who researched and interviewed rescuers from theHolocaust and other genocides. Each person’s image and testimony that visitors encounter in this exceptional photographicexhibition reflect “ordinary” citizens, who, by choosing to rescue the “other,” becameheroes in a timewhen their countrywas committing acts of genocide. They came fromdifferent countries anddifferent times, and formany, this is the first time they have told their stories— some risking their lives again in the telling. Approximately6millionJewsperished in theHolocaustandat least200,000Romaweremurderedby theNazisand their collaborators. InCambodia, approximately 1.7millionpeopleweremurderedby thePol Pot regime. InBosnia, at least 200,000peopleweremurderedandmore than20,000womenandgirls rapedduring thegenocide.

More than2millionpeopleweredisplaced,mostlyBosnianMuslims. InRwanda, 800,000 people, mostly ethnic Tutsis andmoderateHutus, murdered, primarilywithmachetes.

Kahn is founderandexecutivedirectorofPROOF:Media forSocial Justice.Sheworks on global projects, partnering with organizations such as Amnesty International and theUnitedNations.Her 2007book “Darfur: 20YearsofWar andGenocide inSudan” is an award-winning effort, andHolocaust MuseumHouston’s exhibition of thiswork traveled throughout theUnitedStates. Kahn’s last book, “ChildSoldiers,” travelswith an exhibit she curated in collaborationwith theU.N.’sOffice onChildren andArmed Conflict. Kahn works with theGenocide Studies Program at Yale University, where she conducts research on rescuing behavior. She teaches on topics in human rights andphotography.

Kahn worked with four different photographers as she conducted research and curated this exhibition: RiccardoGangale (Rwanda), Nicolas Axelrod (Cambodia), Paul Lowe (Bosnia) and Sonia Folkmann (Europe/theHolocaust). Kahn said the exhibit is designed to raise awareness for the need to stand up to the injustices that are still happening around the world and to contribute to the understanding of peace.

Gangale, born in Rome, has spent years traveling throughout Africa working on projects. He now works with the Associated Press and lives in Kigali, Rwanda, publishing works in The New York Times, TimesMagazine, TheWashingtonPost and others. Axelrod, based in South East Asia, works as a freelance photographer. His work is found in various nongovernmental organizations, local and international magazines and private clients in his region.

Lowe is a senior photography lecturer at the University of the Arts, London. He covers breaking news all over the world and captures it through photography; healsoshareshispassion of photojournalismwith his students.

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“I would hope that by viewing the photographs and learning from these thought-provoking stories, visitors will think about the choices that can bemade in their lives every day. As Romeo Dallaire once said, ‘The narrative of the ‘ordinary hero’ might sound inaccessible formany. It is reasonable that humans could doubt their own courage in the face of great and grave danger. But discovering this impulse — our humanitarian impulse — is far from implausible.’” -Curator LeoraKahn

Folkmann found her love for photography at a young age. She is now an awardwinning photographer and works as a freelance photographer. “TheRescuers:PicturingMoralCourage” isgenerously underwritten by title sponsors Rhona and Bruce CaressandArtCircleatHolocaustMuseumHouston; underwriterMarathonOilCorporation; patronsCheryl and StephenGolub, the Hamill Foundation, Gail and Milton Klein and The Sterling Family Foundation; sponsors Isabel and Danny David, The Enrico and Sandra Di Portanova Foundation and The Nina and Michael Zilkha Endowment Fund; and is presented with special thanks to: Barbara andMichael Gamson,

NoylanandEricPulaski /BeccaCasonThrashandDr. John F. Thrash / Regina Rogers, The Lester and Sue Smith Foundation, Becker Family Foundation / Sunni andGaryMarkowitz, VelvaG. andH. FredLevine,Max and Rochelle Levit / Milton and Lee Levit Family, The Margolin Family / M&M Lighting, TheMorganGroup, Ambassador Arthur Schechter and Joyce Schechter / Barbara and Charles Hurwitz / Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff / Shirley Toomim, Next Door Painting, Blake Feinman, ValsparCorporation andUnitedAirlines, the official airline of HolocaustMuseumHouston.

CultureMap andKPRC Local 2 are serving asmedia sponsors for the exhibition.

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Life: Survivor Portraits

In Hebrew, 18 is “chai,” meaning life, and Holocaust Museum Houston’s upcoming exhibition “Life: “Survivor Portraits” servesasanexplorationand a celebration of the lives that Houston-area survivors of theHolocaust have created for themselves. Beginning on June 26, 2014, during the Museum’s 18th anniversary year, this new series by local artist Kelly Lee Webeck will include 18 portraits of local survivors and 18 images that document the home space each survivor has created. The exhibit will include36gelatin silver prints. To increase the exhibit’s interactivity, broaden accessibility andextend its reachbeyond thephysical and temporal exhibit, two iPadswill include additional images not shown on the walls. Through the use of technology, these images, and the 36 images in the show will be available through the iPad technology utilized in theMuseum’sDigital Trunkprogram.On the digital screens, the photographs can be viewed and used in classrooms and other community spaces to continue the inquiry begun in the exhibit space.

survivor community. In 2010, I envisioned a project and wrote to several survivors I had come to know and care about, asking if anyone would be willing to participate in this portrait photography project. “Inmany cases, I had listened to survivors talk about their experiences during theHolocaust; often, I heard their stories numerous times. I wondered what their lives were like when not in the Holocaust museum setting. I yearned toseewhere they lived,what lifewas likewhen they were at home. As part of the project, I went to their homesandasked tosee thespaces they had created for themselves. “I have always been interested in the objects people choose to surround themselves with and how the spaces people create become a part of their identity. The time I spendwith survivors, making images, is not about testimony or war. It is about the lives they have created for themselves since thewar; it is about who andhow they are in their home space. I think portraits could be equivalent to a visual testimony, and for me, these images, made on film, offer moments of quiet reflection. In my subjects’ homes, I find spaces and moments that speak of identity, memory and passion. There are stories that canbe learned through reading the lines in their faces andobserving the objects they surround themselves with, the things that are special to them, mostly acquired in the years after thewar.”

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“IhaveworkedwithHolocaustMuseumHoustonsince 2007, when I began photographically documenting the Warren Fellowship for Future Teachers. Since then, I have found myself becoming close to the

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EDUCATION

Dr. Mary Lee Webeck, Director of Education

WARRENFELLOWSHIPENTERS11THYEAR

With more than 300 alumni, The Warren Fellowship for Future Teachers is a week-long program that introduces university students preparing for a career in teaching to the history and to the lessons of theHolocaust and other genocides. This year’sFellowship isscheduled forMay19 throughMay23. Yearly, up to 25 pre-service teacher educators and up to two faculty fellows are selected by a faculty and Museum panel and are designated as Warren Fellows. Participants attend a six-day, expense-paid institute designed to immerse the Fellows in historical and pedagogical issues related to the Holocaust. Eminent Holocaust and genocide scholars provide historical and academic content and university faculty and Museum staff provide pedagogical context. The Fellows enjoy the opportunity to get to know survivors from the Houston community, and as they begin their teachingcareers. Formore information, visitwww.hmh.org. 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, scheduled for July 29 through Aug. 1, provides substantivecontent and theopportunity tonetworkwith internationally known scholars of the Holocaust and genocide and teachers from around the world. Working in the Museum’s exhibit spaces and classrooms, teachers grow in their understanding of the Holocaust and refine their skills to teach about the history and lessons of the Holocaust and other genocides. he schedule includes one or two evening lectures. For more information about the Max. M. Kaplan Summer Institute and an application, visit www.hmh.org. Do you need to be able to discuss bullying and social cruelty with young people in your programs? You can help people understand moreabouthow to respondpositivelywhenconfrontedwithmeanness in this half-day workshop focusing on the Museum’s anti-bullying curriculum, “All Behaviors Count.” Scheduled for Monday, May 12, 2014, this programwill show community leaders and others how to implement theMuseum’s freeprogram that examines thefive formsof social cruelty: taunting, rumoring, exclusion, ganging up andbullying. To register or formore information, visit www.hmh.org. INACOMMUNITY, “ALLBEHAVIORSCOUNT” KAPLAN INSTITUTEBEGINS JULY29

Learning andUsingYour Voice My hero and role model, Holocaust survivor NaomiWarren says, “... big changes, the kind that transformhowhumanbeings handlebeinghuman, start with small changes.” I’ve been thinking a lot lately, as I have had a chance to study and to visit other Holocaust museums, about what makes learning experiencesmost meaningful. Scholars and leaders are now suggesting new insights that shapeunderstandingof theHolocaust and humanbehavior. I have considered new ideas, asking if and why those ideas should become a part of my practice. Which, if any, will be most productive andmeaningful? After attending the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous Advanced Seminar, I came away with deeper understandingof thecomplex relationships and motivations that formed between the Nazis and organized religion and was encouraged to consider how the economy of plunder affected the experiences of individuals differently inEastern and Western Europe during the years of the Holocaust. Lastly, historian Peter Black suggested different terms for descriptions that have been used for years in Holocaust studies. As Black discussed nomenclature of the Nazi camp system and our long-term use of the term “death camp” he stated, “EveryNazi settingwas ultimately about death, hence, “killing center” is a more accurate description than ‘death camp’ for the places where humansweremurdered.” Death is a natural process, killing is not. While at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, I visited the exhibit “Some Were Neighbors: Collaboration and Complicity During the Holocaust.” This powerful exhibition draws attention to the fact that millions of ordinary people witnessed the crimes of the Holocaust. It stimulates us to think “whatmotives andpressures led so many individuals to abandon their fellow human beings?Why did others make the choice to help?” It remindsus thatwecanuseour voices toprovide support for others. I hope you will choose to use your voice as an upstander to share themission of ourMuseum.

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IN THENEWS

Don’tMiss “ GroundZero360”

HMHCHANGESADMISSIONPOLICY

OnView Sept. 11, 2014 to Jan. 11, 2015

Beginning on April 15th, Holocaust Museum Houston has revised its admission rates and policies to allow for continued growth of the Museum. HMH members and children and students under age 18 will receive free general admission to the Museum. Nonmember adult admissionhasbeen set at $12, but seniors andmembers of the militarywill receive a discounted$8 entry. Museum admissionwill be free to all each Thursday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and onMemorial Day (May 26, 2014), D-Day (June 6, 2014), Kristallnacht (Nov. 9, 2014) and International Holocaust RemembranceDay (Jan. 27, 2015). MuseumChair MarkMucasey said the decision to charge admission fees to visitingadultswasmadeunanimouslyby theBoardof Trustees in line with policies of other Holocaust museums in the country. This newpolicywill allow theMuseum tocontinue togrow toaccommodate itsaudiences.With thischange, it is important to realize thatHolocaust MuseumHouston iscommitted to remaininga resource freeof charge to all children and to students of all ages. Texas is home to 1,675,689 veterans, the second-largest veteran population in the nation. To continue the Museum’s mission of educating about theHolocaust and liberationperiod and to celebrate the patriotism of U.S. service members, four Texas-based Holocaust institutions are creating the Texas Holocaust Liberators project. A book is planned that will feature approximately 80 testimonies of liberators, all Texas veterans and individuals serving in troops based in Texas. These are first-hand accounts of the liberation period of World War II. With additional funding, a digital book featuring interactive drop-downs of personal interviews and accounts alsowill be created. The project collaborators include Holocaust Museum Houston, The Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education, El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study and The Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio. To help support this important project, call 713-527-1617. LIBERATORSPROJECTANNOUNCED

”Ground Zero 360” uses harrowing visuals, chilling audio clips and a unique panoramic installation to depict the aftermath of one of the most tragic events in American history –9/11. When two jetairlinerscrashed into theWorld TradeCenter onSept. 11, 2001, NewYork- based Irish photographer Nicola McClean took thousands of photographs of Ground Zero and the surrounding neighbourhoods. She and husband Paul McCormack, a New YorkCity policecaptainwhowaspart of the rescue effort, together created an exhibition to honor the victims and families affectedby this tragic event.

LIBERATORS’ TESTIMONIESNOWDIGITAL

HolocaustMuseumHouston and theTexasHolocaust andGenocide Commission (THGC) have entered into a collaborative project to digitize the testimonies of Texas liberators topreserve that history. THGC already has digitized 37 liberator testimonies from HMH’s collection. The digitization format will allow theMuseum tomake the testimonies more accessible to the public and possibly create an online presence for viewingby students and researchersworldwide.

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TWOMASTERBUILDERSOFOURCOMMUNITY HONOREDAS 2013GUARDIANSOF THEHUMANSPIRIT

Rarely do more than 1,250 people get quiet all at the same time, but that’swhat happenedwhenHolocaustSurvivorBillMorgan joined fellow developer Murry Bowden on the stage as Holocaust MuseumHouston recognized the two as the2013 “Guardians of theHumanSpirit.” Morgan and Bowden received the honor on Nov. 18, at the Museum’s annual luncheon at the Hilton Americas-Houston. The crowd was a record turnout for a Museum luncheon, as was the final total raised – nearly$900,000– tohelp theMuseumcontinue to teach thedangersof hatred, prejudice and apathy.

MurryBowden andBill Morgan

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Corey Powell and LeisaHolland-Nelson ButchMach and InnaWizig

Event Co-ChairMarcShapiro, HonoreeMurryBowden, HonoreeBill Morgan andEvent Co-ChairMichael Morgan

MuseumChairMarkMucasey and ExecutiveDirector Dr. Kelly Zúñiga

Pauline andAnnaSteinberger

Martin Fein andDr. Kelli Cohen Fein

Corey Powell and LeisaHolland-Nelson

Heidi andDavidGerger

UPCOMINGEVENTS

MUSEUMEXPERIENCEFEATURESEIGHTMUSEUMS TheMuseumExperience Saturday, April 26, 2014, 10 a.m. to5p.m. Morgan FamilyCenter Get to know the new Houston Museum District Day by joining the Museum Experience. Featured museums in Zone 2 set for Saturday, April 26, are Holocaust Museum Houston, Asia Society Texas Center, The Weather Museum, Houston Museum of African American Culture, Czech Center Museum Houston, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Lawndale Art Center and the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum. For more information, visit http://www.houstonmuseumdistrict.org. YOMHASHOAH COMMEMORATIONPAYS TRIBUTE Citywide YomHaShoah Commemoration Sunday, April 27, 2014, 3p.m. CongregationBethYeshurun, 4525Beechnut, Houston, TX77096 Join us for Houston’s annual YomHaShoah commemorative service inmemory of all who died in theHolocaust and to pay tribute to thosewho survived. The service is free andopen to the public. AMBASSADORTODISCUSSCAMBODIANKILLING FIELDS “From theKillingFields to theWhiteHouse” Thursday, May 1, 2014, 6:30p.m. to8p.m. Albert andEthel Herzstein Theater WhiletheUnitedStatesbattledVietnameseCommunists inthe1960sand1970s, in neighboringCambodia, dictator Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge declaredwar on their own people, enslaving and slaughtering anybody who disagreed with them. SichanSiv knewhewouldsoonbea target—endingup, perhaps, asone of themillions of anonymous human skeletonsburied inhis nation’s killing fields soheheededhismother’spleas and ran. Capturedand forced toperform slave labor, Siv feared that hewouldbeworked todeathor killed. Itwasonly amatter of time. But henever abandonedhopeor his improbabledreamof freedom— a dream that liberated him, astonishingly, from his brutal captors and ultimately led him to the United States, where he later became a senior White House aide. Ambassador Siv is the author of “Golden Bones,” which chronicles his experiences.Hewilldiscusshiswork inthispublic lecture.Ticketsare$5 forHMH members , seniors and students and$8 for nonmembers. ToRSVPonline, visit www.hmh.org/RegisterEvent.aspx.

CURIOUSGEORGEMAKESFINALAPPEARANCE “CuriousGeorgeArts andCraftsStory Time” Saturday, May 10, 2014, 2p.m. to4p.m. Laurie andMiltonResourceCenter and Library

Bring the kids to relax on colorful bean bags in our library for “Story Time” while readers from theHoustonCenter for Literacy andHoustonPublic Library read from books about the cartoon character “Curious George.” “Story Time” admission is free, but advance registration is required. Visit ww.hmh.org/ RegisterEvent.aspx to RSVP online. This activity is presented in conjunction “TheWartimeEscape:Margret andH.A.Rey’s Journey fromFrance,”which runs through June15.

HolocaustMuseumHouston Program to TrainDescendants toShare Their Stories Goes International Aprogram initiatedbyHolocaustMuseumHouston toallow thechildrenandclose friendsofHolocaust survivors to continue to share their histories when thesurvivorscanno longerdoso isbeing replicated internationally. TheCalgary JewishFederation inCalgary,Canada, has received a $40,000 grant to implement “Through Their Eyes: A Survivor’s Story,” which was launched in Houston by members of the 2nd Generation in2009. The program is not intended to replace survivors who are still able to speak and talk with students and other organizations nor is it intended to tell the2ndGeneration viewpoint, according toSandy Lessig, whowas the creator of the program. Rather, adult children and family friends who are close to the survivor are taught how to use their parent’s or friend’s own videotaped testimonies, artifacts and life lessons to carry on the message when the survivor is unableor unavailable todo so. Ineach50-minutemultimediasession, thesurvivor’s videotaped testimony is mixed with interactive, historical narration by the survivor’s adult child or close friend who knows their history well. Each presentation is followed by a question and answer session. Lessig, a member of the 2ndGeneration, has had several phone conversations over the past year with the Canadian federation to discuss how they might replicate the program. “They took it to heart, and wrote a proposal resulting in a grant from the Alberta Human Rights Commission to create their own version of ‘Through Their Eyes’,” she said. “The Calgary Jewish community is facing the same challenge as in all Jewish communities - our courageousSurvivorswho have been speaking for over 30 years aregetting to the stagewhere this is no longer possible. It is imperative that their stories continue tobe told andwe aregrateful that Sandy, via Holocaust Museum Houston, has given us a blueprint to continue this meaningful work,” said Ilana Krygier Lapides, director of Holocaust and human rights education at the federation. The Houston program is generously underwritten by the Stanford and Joan Alexander Foundation and theSterling Family Foundation.

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Holocaust Survivor Chaja Verveer, center, met with the cast of the A.D. Players’ production of “TheDiary of Anne Frank” duringFebruary.

ConsulGeneral of FranceSujiroSeamandadelegationof electedofficials from the Manche region of France (which includes Normandy) visited HolocaustMuseumHouston inMarch.

SurvivorsAnnaSteinberger andHelenColin joinedEllen Trachtenberg for the launchof theMuseum’snew Generation toGenerationLegacySociety inMarch.

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