Join us as Dr. Amon explores the legacy of the first international prosecution of Nazi leaders after the Holocaust. Drawing on courtroom testimony, selected archival footage, and his visits to sites such as Auschwitz, Treblinka, and the historic Nuremberg courtroom, Dr. Amon will examine how judgment at Nuremberg 80 years ago established a permanent historical record of the Holocaust, gave voice to survivors, and affirmed that even the most powerful can be held accountable. 

Dr. Amon is a legal historian, Lecturer in Law, and former ISIS war crimes investigator, having previoulsy served as a Legal Fellow at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague. He also serves as Executive Director and Scholar-in-Chief of the Sinai Legal Association for Memory & Modernity (SLAMM), an institute dedicated to examining the intersections of law, history, and memory.

Registration for free tickets for this event is encouraged.

This fascinating presentation will focus on the institutional, situational, and personal judgments about the Final Solution, i.e., the Nazi plan to eliminate Europe's Jewish population. The lecture will also place emphasis on the Selection process at Auschwitz, where inmates were either designated to go to the gas chamber or to perform forced labor.

Dr. Barnes is professor emeritus of sociology at the University of the Incarnate Word and a docent at the Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio.

This virtual program examines how journalists, photographers, radio broadcasters, and newsreel filmmakers reported on the Nuremberg trials and helped bring unprecedented international attention to the court, not only shaping public attention but also how the trials are remembered today.

Reyna Stovall is a master's candidate in Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin's Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. She holds a B.A. in International Studies and French from Fordham University Lincoln Center, where she graduated summa cum laude and cursus honorum. She was previously a docent with the Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio.

This program is sponsored by the San Antonio Public Library and Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio as part of the 14th Annual Holocaust: Learn and Remember series.

Registration required for this virtual event.

This virtual program examines how journalists, photographers, radio broadcasters, and newsreel filmmakers reported on the Nuremberg trials and helped bring unprecedented international attention to the court, not only shaping public attention but also how the trials are remembered today.

Reyna Stovall is a master's candidate in Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin's Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. She holds a B.A. in International Studies and French from Fordham University Lincoln Center, where she graduated summa cum laude and cursus honorum. She was previously a docent with the Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio.

This program is sponsored by the San Antonio Public Library and Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio as part of the 14th Annual Holocaust: Learn and Remember series.

Registration required for this virtual event.

This fascinating presentation will focus on the institutional, situational, and personal judgments about the Final Solution, i.e., the Nazi plan to eliminate Europe's Jewish population. The lecture will also place emphasis on the Selection process at Auschwitz, where inmates were either designated to go to the gas chamber or to perform forced labor.

Dr. Barnes is professor emeritus of sociology at the University of the Incarnate Word and a docent at the Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio.

This fascinating presentation will focus on the institutional, situational, and personal judgments about the Final Solution, i.e., the Nazi plan to eliminate Europe's Jewish population. The lecture will also place emphasis on the Selection process at Auschwitz, where inmates were either designated to go to the gas chamber or to perform forced labor.

Dr. Barnes is professor emeritus of sociology at the University of the Incarnate Word and a docent at the Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio.

Join us as Holocaust survivor Eva Balcazar shares her remarkable story of resilience in the face of Nazi oppression. She will recount her childhood, her beloved parents, and their forced migration from Germany following Kristallnacht in 1938.

This program is sponsored by the San Antonio Public Library and Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio as part of the 14th Annual Holocaust: Learn and Remember series.

Additional information on the series can be found at: https://guides.mysapl.org/c.php?g=485170&p=11252974#s-lg-box-wrapper-41637878

The history of the Karya forced labor camp in Greece might have remained unknown if not for the dedicated research of author Andreas Assael. A photo album purchased from a street vendor sparked his twenty-year investigation to identify victims and perpetrators. Among the images, Andreas discovered his own father and survivor Sam Cohen. Join us for a compelling presentation featuring Andreas Assael and Jerome Cohen as they recount this harrowing chapter of history, and the journey to honor the victims.

Speakers:
Andreas Assael, author of "Karya: In the Dungeons of Death"
Jerome Cohen, second-generation survivor and son of Sam Cohen

We are excited to offer an in-person workshop this year in preparation for Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week 2026. Educators will participate in collaborate efforts to explore lesson plans, printed and digital resources, curated book selections, and practical strategies for elementary through high school classrooms and libraries.

Participants will engage with materials, exchange ideas with colleagues, and leave with ready-to-use resources and planning materials. You will also walk away with clear strategies for classroom and library implementation aligned with Texas requirements.

Free and open to all K-12 Texas educators and librarians.

The HMMSA is certified by the Texas Education Agency to issue CPE’s to teachers attending any of our educational events.

Join us for an up-close loo at the art curators, historians, and scholars who saved most of the art looted by the Nazis and Japanese during World War II. The conversation features a special presentation by Bill Chiego, former director of the McNay Art Museum.

THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT

Long before Oliver Twist stumbled onto the scene, Jacob Fagin was scratching out a life for himself in the dark alleys of nineteenth-century London. Born in the Jewish enclave of Stepney shortly after his father was executed as a thief, Jacob's whole world is his open-minded mother, Leah. But Jacob’s prospects are forever altered when a light-fingered pickpocket takes Jacob under his wing and teaches him a trade that pays far better than the neighborhood boys could possibly dream.

Striking out on his own, Jacob familiarizes himself with London's highest value neighborhoods while forging his own path in the shadows. But everything changes when he adopts an aspiring teenage thief named Bill Sikes, whose mercurial temper poses a danger to himself and anyone foolish enough to cross him. Along the way, Jacob’s found family expands to include his closest friend, Nancy, and his greatest protégé, the Artful Dodger. But as Bill’s ambition soars and a major robbery goes awry, Jacob is forced to decide what he really stands for—and what a life is worth.

Colorfully written and wickedly funny, Allison Epstein breathes fresh life into the teeming streets of Dickensian London--reclaiming one of Victorian literature’s most notorious villains in an unforgettable new adventure.

Sponsored by the Barshop JCC and Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio

Join us as Holocaust survivor Eva Balcazar shares her remarkable story of resilience in the face of Nazi oppression. She will recount her childhood, her beloved parents, and their forced migration from Germany following Kristallnacht in 1938.

Susanne Jalnos was born in Rajka, Hungary that is a small town near the border of what was then Czechoslovakia. Her family consisted of her parents and a brother and sister. Anna’s father owned two butcher shops—one kosher and one non-kosher. On March 10, 1944, the Nazis marched into Hungary and changed her life forever.

Sam Cohen grew up in Salonika, Greece. When the Nazis entered Greece, Sam and his family were forced to move into the ghetto by Germans after Passover in 1943. Keeping a promise with his friend Jacques that they would stay together no matter what, Sam took the place of Jacques’ brother when the two were summoned to work forced labor. Sam and Jacques were taken to a concentration camp where they later escaped during their daily work laying down railroad tracks and ultimately joined the resistance. 

Learn more of Sam’s remarkable story as told by his  son, Jerome Cohen, on May 18, 2025 at 2pm.

Drunk on Genocide highlights the intersections of masculinity, drinking ritual, sexual violence, and mass murder to expose the role of alcohol and celebratory ritual in the Nazi genocide of European Jews. Its surprising and disturbing findings offer a new perspective on the mindset, motivation, and mentality of killers as they prepared for, and participated in, mass extermination.

Yehuda Meisels was already on an “enemy of the state” list when he was sent on one of the first transports to Auschwitz. We will hear the compelling story of courageous actions that got him on the list, his time in Auschwitz, and the miracles that led to him surviving that camp, the death march and his rescue by a Texas soldier.

Learn more of Yehuda’s story shared by his grandson, Yair Alan Griver.

The HMMSA offers a variety of workshops during the year and is certified by the Texas Education Agency to issue CPE’s to teachers attending any of our educational events. Holocaust educators are welcome to contact the museum for help in developing Holocaust related instructional units and/or using our educational resources to support the teaching of the Holocaust.

Registration to follow.

For information, contact (210) 302-6807 or info@hmmsa.org.

Schmuel Lewent survived the Lodz Ghetto only to be transported to the infamous Auschwitz death camp with his wife and 2-month-old baby child. The child didn’t survive the trip and at selection, his wife was sent to the gas chamber. Schmuel was condemned to slave labor at Auschwitz where he toiled for over three years. Schmuel’s survival is miraculous and the story an inspiration.

Learn more of Schmuel’s story and his strength to survive Auschwitz concentration camp shared by his son, Russell Kassman.

Join director Iván Cherjovsky for a screening and discussion of his new documentary. The film tells the story of musicians who fled the Nazis and took refuge in Argentina.

SPONSORED BY

Trinity University Lecturers & Visiting Scholars Committee | Trinity University Division of Arts & Humanities | Program: Mexico, the Americas, Spain (MAS) | Trinity University Global Latinx Major | Trinity University Departments of Modern Languages & Literatures, Sociology & Anthropology, Religion, English, Classics, Music, Communications, Political Science, History, and Human Communication & Theatre, Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio, and Hillel San Antonio

The compelling story of a young American GI, Ed Ettinger and of the Mittenwald Displaced Persons Camp in Germany as told by his son, Cantor Seth Ettinger.

Yehuda Meisels was already on an "enemy of the state" list when he was sent on one of the first transports to Auschwitz. This presentation will review what led to his inclusion on the list, his time in Auschwitz, and the miracles that enabled him to survive the camp, the death march, and his rescue by a Texas soldier. It will also cover what came after – how he ended up working with the US Army and the Joint Distribution Committee to help run one of the largest Displaced Persons camps in Germany after the war – and how these experiences affected his later life.

Learn more: https://guides.mysapl.org/holocaustlearnandremember

Oral testimony is one way to document history directly from those who experienced it themselves. Using oral history interviews and their transcriptions, this presentation will discuss the experiences of Holocaust survivors who were liberated from various concentration camps as children. How did their experiences differ from adults? What kinds of unique challenges did they face? How were they impacted by their liberation? "In Their Words: Children's Experiences of Liberation" will dive into these questions and more.  

This is a virtual program. Registration is required. Registration closes Mon, Jan. 13 at 10am. Library staff will email the Zoom link for the event separately before the program.

Register here: https://guides.mysapl.org/holocaustlearnandremember

When Rose Sherman Williams was just twelve years old, the Nazis invaded her hometown in Poland. For the next five years, Rose was in various ghettos and concentration camps, including Auschwitz and one of the most despicable camps of all: Bergen-Belsen. But miraculously, despite beatings and starvation, she survived to be liberated.

Becky Hoag, the co-author of Rose Williams’ memoir "Letters to Rose", will share Rose’s story through excerpts from the book. Becky will not only discuss Rose’s liberation from Bergen-Belsen but also her other spiritual and physical liberations during her five years in ghettos and camps. Rose Williams’ story is one of tragedy and resilience, of desperation and hope, of captivity and liberation.

at Cody Library

Learn more: https://guides.mysapl.org/holocaustlearnandremember