The Holocaust Museum of Houston , the fourth largest Holocaust memorial museum in the United States, is located in the Houston Museum District in Houston, Texas and opened in 1996.
The museum's mission is to make people aware of the prejudicial dangers, hatred and violence brought during the Holocaust. It also tries to remind us that this danger is still relevant today. This museum promotes understanding, zikr and education with the aim that students and the general population live and become aware of the lessons of this tragic event. The lesson is that humanity must strive to live together in peace and harmony.
The main commitment of the Houston Holocaust Museum is the educational program. The program consists of teacher programs, student programs and academic programs. Teacher programs encourage and help teachers to incorporate "Holocaust" topics into their classes. The "Trunks Program Curriculum" museum, available to teachers nationwide, gives teachers all the classroom multi-media tools such as videos, posters, CDs, CD-ROMs, artifact tools, maps, sets of classrooms, lesson plans and plans for activities so that the classes are as informative as possible. Teachers can also receive training on the Holocaust. Training may be related to curriculum stems or they may be general workshops. In addition, the museum offers contests for students, such as the annual "Yom HaShoah Art and Writing Competition", as part of their student program.
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Facilities
Members of the Holocaust Museum Houston have access to the Boniuk Library . This lending library has over 5,000 volumes in the Holocaust, post-Holocaust era, Jewish history, World War II and other similar topics. The library also includes HMH Archives and HMH Historical Project History. There are a large number of artifacts, documents, photographs and scrolls in the archives and there are over 250 recorded testimonies of Holocaust victims, witnesses, liberators and members of Hitler Youth.
There are permanent and temporary exhibitions at the Houston Holocaust Museum. An important part of the permanent exhibit, called "Witness Bearing: A community remember," is the testimony of people living in the Houston area. At the beginning of the exhibition, visitors were given an impression of Jewish life and culture in pre-war Europe. Original film footage, artefacts, photographs and documents show Nazi propaganda and moves towards "Final Solution." Other sections of the main exhibition are about resistance efforts, such as the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, prisoner rebellion, sabotage, partisan movements, and the "Operation Texas" Lyndon B. Johnson effort. At the end of this exhibition, visitors watch two testimonial films. These films provide first-hand accounts of survivors, liberators and witnesses who moved to the Houston area after the war.
In addition to the permanent exhibition there is the Education Center, the Morgan Family Center, the Less Family Conservatory and Eric Alexander Garden of Hope. The Education Center stores a museum library. The Morgan Family Center includes administrative offices, two other exhibition galleries to change exhibitions, HMH classrooms, and theaters. The Lack Family Memorial Room is a quiet place for relaxation and meditation and Eric Alexander Garden of Hope is dedicated to one and a half million children killed in the Holocaust.
The Houston Holocaust Museum offers several opportunities for volunteers. Volunteers can work as guides or assist in libraries, at the administrative offices, at the reception desk and in bookstores. Multilingual volunteers like the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Servants can also work with original source material and translate information and marketing materials.
Also present was the symbol of the World War II era of railways from those who had been used to transport German Jews from their normal lives, to the famous horrors of concentration camps, as well as old Dutch fishing vessels that had concealed the Jews for safety in his arc.
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Moral Courage Award
In 1994, HMH introduced the Moral Courage Courier Lyndon Baines Johnson to commemorate the 36th president of the United States. The recipients of this award are individuals who, like Johnson, exhibit moral courage, individual responsibility and willingness to take action against injustice. The 2009 award honors US Senator John McCain for his heroism in the face of extreme hardship during the Vietnam War.
Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service
Since 1999 the Austrian Foreign Service has regularly sent Hajj Holocaust in Austria to the Houston Holocaust Museum.
Gallery
See also
- History of the Jews in Houston
References
External links
- Austrian Holocaust Warning Service
- The Houston Holocaust Museum
- Moral Cours Lyndon Baines Johnson Award
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