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January 2026

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Echoes & Reflections | Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, December 2025 All Day (28 days)
General
Starts Dec 1, 2025
Ends Dec 28, 2025
Participate in three modules which will provide you with an overview of Echoes & Reflections and its associated resources, a sound pedagogy for teaching about the Holocaust, background information on the history of antisemitism, and time to consider effective use of several primary sources when teaching about this complex topic.
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DHHRM | Courageous Kids: A Kindertransport Adventure
DHHRM | Courageous Kids: A Kindertransport Adventure 1:00pm - 3:00pm (2h)
General
Starts Dec 29, 2025 at 1:00pm
Ends Dec 29, 2025 at 3:00pm
Join Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum for a program designed for children in 4th grade and above and their families, exploring the themes of kindness, courage, and hope.
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New Year's Day (Office Closed)
New Year's Day (Office Closed) All Day
General
Jan 1, 2026 (All Day)
The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission office will be closed.
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MJH | The History of Antisemitism: “The Great Christmas Boycott of 1906” Book Talk
MJH | The History of Antisemitism: “The Great Christmas Boycott of 1906” Book Talk 6:00pm - 8:00pm (2h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jan 6, 2026 at 6:00pm
Ends Jan 6, 2026 at 8:00pm
Join us for a compelling online book talk with historian Scott D. Seligman, author of The Great Christmas Boycott of 1906, as he unpacks a dramatic and little known chapter in American Jewish history. Set in New York at the dawn of the twentieth century, this meticulously researched account begins in the winter of 1905-1906 when a Brooklyn elementary school principal urged his Jewish students to be “more like Jesus Christ,” sparking outrage in the community and inspiring mass mobilization.
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HMH | Resilience and Resistance During the Holocaust: Lessons for Today with Dr. Michael Berenbaum
HMH | Resilience and Resistance During the Holocaust: Lessons for Today with Dr. Michael Berenbaum 6:30pm - 8:00pm (1h 30m)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jan 6, 2026 at 6:30pm
Ends Jan 6, 2026 at 8:00pm
Join Holocaust Museum Houston for a very special evening with Dr. Michael Berenbaum as he presents the Spector/Warren Fellowship Public Lecture: Resilience and Resistance During the Holocaust: Lessons for Today.
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DHHRM | "Four Winters": Film Screening
DHHRM | "Four Winters": Film Screening 2:00pm - 3:30pm (1h 30m)
Films
Starts Jan 11, 2026 at 2:00pm
Ends Jan 11, 2026 at 3:30pm
Deep within the forests of Eastern Europe, more than 25,000 Jewish partisans, also called resistance fighters, tirelessly waged war against the Nazis and their collaborators.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Office Closed)
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Office Closed) All Day
General
Jan 19, 2026 (All Day)
The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission office will be closed.
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DHHRM | International Holocaust Remembrance Commemoration
DHHRM | International Holocaust Remembrance Commemoration 2:00pm - 3:00pm (1h)
Commemorations
Starts Jan 25, 2026 at 2:00pm
Ends Jan 25, 2026 at 3:00pm
Marking the liberation of Auschwitz in 1945, International Holocaust Remembrance Day allows us to reflect upon the profound tragedy of the Holocaust while coming together to share a moment of peace and hope for the future. This year’s commemoration features a conversation between Faris Cassell, author of Inseparable: The Hess Twins’ Holocaust Journey through Bergen-Belsen to America, and Holocaust survivor Marion Ein Lewin, whose family is the subject of the book.
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MJH | “Resisting Nazism” Book Talk
MJH | “Resisting Nazism” Book Talk 6:00pm - 7:00pm (1h)
Speaking Engagements
Starts Jan 26, 2026 at 6:00pm
Ends Jan 26, 2026 at 7:00pm
Nazism has always faced resistance – from the German artists who risked their lives by drawing caricatures of the Nazis in the 1920s, or the man who infiltrated the SS to try to expose the Holocaust in the 1940s, or the people who uncovered former Nazis as part of a groundbreaking documentary in the 1970s.
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HMH | International Holocaust Remembrance Day
HMH | International Holocaust Remembrance Day 10:00am - 5:00pm (7h)
Commemorations
Starts Jan 27, 2026 at 10:00am
Ends Jan 27, 2026 at 5:00pm
The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27 – the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau – as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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January 2026

Echoes & Reflections | Foundations of Holocaust Education: Deepening Student Learning, December 2025

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  • Mon, Dec 1 - Sun, Dec 28, 2025
  • Calendar:   General
  • Location:  Online

DHHRM | Courageous Kids: A Kindertransport Adventure

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  • Mon, Dec 29, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   General
  • Location:  Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum 300 N. Houston Street Dallas, TX 75202

New Year's Day (Office Closed)

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  • Thu, Jan 1 (all day)
  • Calendar:   General

MJH | The History of Antisemitism: “The Great Christmas Boycott of 1906” Book Talk

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  • Tue, Jan 6, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Virtual Event

HMH | Resilience and Resistance During the Holocaust: Lessons for Today with Dr. Michael Berenbaum

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  • Tue, Jan 6, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Holocaust Museum Houston 5401 Caroline St. Houston, TX 77004

DHHRM | "Four Winters": Film Screening

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  • Sun, Jan 11, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
  • Calendar:   Films
  • Location:  Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum 300 N. Houston Street Dallas, TX 75202

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Office Closed)

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  • Mon, Jan 19 (all day)
  • Calendar:   General

DHHRM | International Holocaust Remembrance Commemoration

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  • Sun, Jan 25, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Calendar:   Commemorations
  • Location:  Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum 300 N. Houston Street Dallas, TX 75202

MJH | “Resisting Nazism” Book Talk

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  • Mon, Jan 26, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
  • Calendar:   Speaking Engagements
  • Location:  Online

HMH | International Holocaust Remembrance Day

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  • Tue, Jan 27, 10:00am - 5:00pm
  • Calendar:   Commemorations
  • Location:  Holocaust Museum Houston 5401 Caroline St, Houston, TX 77004

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