Cornyn, Cruz Sponsor Bill To Help Recover Nazi-Looted Artwork
The legislation would help Holocaust survivors and victims’ families with long, costly court battles to get private museums to return their property.
View ArticleDame Helen Mirren Calls On Senate To Pass Holocaust Art Recovery Bill
Texas Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the lead sponsors of a bill to make it easier for victims’ families to reclaim artworks or artifacts seized by the Third Reich. Mirren’s 2015 film "Woman In...
View ArticleButterfly Exhibit Commemorates Children Lost In The Holocaust
The project took flight 20 years ago with three teachers.
View ArticleHUD Ruling on the Fountain View Housing Project, and Holocaust Survivor Eva...
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development recently found the city’s decision to nix an affordable housing project on Fountain View Drive was motivated at least in part by the race, color or...
View ArticleWhy Holocaust Survivor Eva Schloss Says She’s Still an Optimist
Eva Schloss is a Holocaust survivor, an author and the step-sister of Anne Frank, whose diary of life in hiding during the Holocaust was published and adapted for stage and screen. Schloss will share...
View ArticlePresident Trump, and Civil Rights in the Space Race: Houston Matters Weekend...
President Donald Trump was sworn into office on Jan. 20, 2017. And before the ceremony, we asked you to share what you want him to know about Houston as part of NPR’s A Nation Engaged project. On this...
View ArticleWater And Butterflies With The Houston Cecilia Chamber Choir
A conversation with Houston Cecilia Chamber Choir Artistic Director Mark Marotto about their upcoming concert featuring all works by contemporary composers.
View ArticlePolitical Roundup, and Lessons to Learn From Austin: Wednesday’s Show (June...
It’s time again for our weekly political roundup and analysis of national, state and local political stories. On this week’s edition, we discuss everything from the status of the healthcare bill in the...
View ArticleExpansion Will Double the Size of Houston’s Holocaust Museum
(Above: An artist’s rendering of the renovation and expansion planned for Holocaust Museum Houston. Image Courtesy: HMH) Holocaust Museum Houston has announced plans to more than double its size,...
View ArticleMore Than $49M Expansion Begins At Holocaust Museum Houston
The expansion project aims to double the size of the museum
View ArticleComposer Michael Horvit Talks About His Piece, ‘Even When God Is Silent’
The song is based on words found scrawled on a wall in Germany at the end of World War II and was commissioned to mark the 50th anniversary of Kristallnacht.
View ArticleEngines of Our Ingenuity 1546: Max Jakob
Episode: 1546 Max Jakob: a breath of fresh air in a new land. Today, a great engineer escapes the Holocaust.
View ArticleExhibit Honors Texas Soldiers Who Liberated Concentration Camps
"The Texas Liberator: Witness to the Holocaust" is on display at Holocaust Museum Houston through Oct. 28.
View ArticleEngines of Our Ingenuity 1584: Hugo Distler
Episode: 1584 Hugo Distler: Beleaguered pioneer of twentieth century music. Today, the brief moment of a musical genius.
View ArticleHolocaust Survivor Warns The Dangers Of Bigotry Are Still With Us
Dr. Jacob Eisenbach, who lost most of family in the Holocaust, shares his story.
View ArticleFull Show: The Role Of Texas In Wind Energy, And Former NFL Player Martellus...
On Tuesday's Houston Matters: The role of Texas in the wind industry, reflections on working with Elie Wiesel, former NFL player Martellus Bennett's storytelling initiatives, and the effect of Project...
View ArticleHolocaust Museum Houston Reopening After $34 Million Expansion
The Houston Holocaust Museum has expanded to a new three-story building, featuring four permanent galleries and two changing exhibition galleries.
View ArticleEngines of Our Ingenuity 1806: Disaster
Episode: 1806 A brief look at the history of catastrophe. Today, disaster.
View ArticleSix More Officers Indicted For Roles In Botched Harding Street Raid (Jan. 27,...
On Wednesday's show: Inside the latest charges against HPD officers for a deadly 2019 drug raid, lessons from the Holocaust for the present day, our weekly political roundup, and celebrating 50 years...
View ArticleHolocaust survivor Ruth Steinfeld (Jan. 27, 2022)
On Thursday's show: We learn about some new hires for key positions with Harris County, and, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Ruth Steinfeld shares her story of surviving a concentration...
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