Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Calendar: Speaking Engagements
Location: Zoom
Description: Rescue during the Holocaust was rare and undertaken at great risk to both the rescuer and those being rescued. One of the most well-known rescue attempts during the era of the Holocaust was that of the Frank family in Amsterdam. Join Program Manager Jennifer Goss as she provides classroom-ready resources and student activities to explore what motivated female rescuers with a focus on Miep Gies and her choice to partake in the rescue efforts for those in the Secret Annex. This webinar connects to the Rescue and Righteous Among the Nations unit and Student Activities on the Echoes & Reflections website. Register here.  Echoes & Reflections' webinars are designed to increase participants’ knowledge of Holocaust history, explore and access classroom-ready content, and support instructional practice to promote student learning and understanding of this complex history and its lasting effect on the world.

Wednesday, March 27, 2024 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Calendar: Commission Meetings
Location: Zoom online
Description: Commissioner Providence Nkurunziza will be speaking The link to the event virtual attendance room can be found here.

Wednesday, March 27, 2024 at 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Calendar: Films
Location: Evelyn Rubenstein JCC Kaplan Theatre
Description: Consul General of France in Houston Valerie Baraban in attendance Join us at 6:45 PM with wine and cheese. Drama | Directed by Oliver Dahan | 2022 | France | French, with English subtitles | 135 Min. | Kaplan Theatre Tickets: $17 Member | $23 Public Renowned French stateswoman and Holocaust survivor Simone Veil led the fight for the legalization of abortion, women’s rights and prisoner rights as she rose to lead France’s health ministry. Director Olivier Dahan chronicles Simone’s remarkable, decades-spanning career as a human rights campaigner, feminist and first female president of the European Parliament in this intimate and epic portrait of an extraordinary woman who transformed her era defending a humanist message still relevant today. Reception Sponsored by Elise Sheppard To buy tickets, click here.

Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Calendar: Films
Location: Caroline Wiess Law Building
Description: Set in Berlin, this gripping biopic follows Martha Liebermann, an upper-class widow who could never have imagined having to leave her beloved homeland at the age of 85. As a German Jew in 1943, however, her only choice is to go abroad or wait to be deported to a concentration camp. For now, the reputation and valuable pictures by her world-famous artist husband Max Liebermann still give her protection. Martha’s friends pressure her into an illegal sale to finance her escape with a resistance group. But the Gestapo sees an opportunity to set a trap for the courageous opponents of the regime.Martha Liebermann: A Stolen Life Directed by Stefan Bühling(Germany/Czech Republic, 2022, 88 minutes, in German with English subtitles)Brown Auditorium Theater, digital To find out more, click here.

Friday, March 29, 2024 (all day)
Calendar: General
Location: N/A
Description: Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission staff who observe Good Friday may be out of the office.

Sunday, March 31, 2024 at 10:30am - 12:00pm
Calendar: Speaking Engagements
Location: JCC San Antonio
Description: Temple Beth-El Please join Sisterhood for a light breakfast, tour, and a presentation by a second-generation survivor at the Holocaust Memorial of San Antonio on Sunday, March 31st at 10:30 a.m. Location: JCC – The Holocaust Museum of San Antonio, 12500 NW Military Hwy, 78231 To register, click here.  Attendance is $10.

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