Upcoming Events at HMMSA
Click through the calendar to see more upcoming events, programming, and holidays at the Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio.
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising - Visit the Virtual Exhibit Now
Yom HaShoah
Monday, May 6 • 7pm
Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, is observed by the Jewish community each spring, and is a national memorial day in Israel. The San Antonio Community observes Yom Hashoah at a different San Antonio synagogue every year. This observance uses Jewish traditions to remember the victims of the Holocaust, we invite all San Antonio Community members to join in remembering those whose lives were lost during the Holocaust.
This year's community observance will include a presentation from the Joshua Greene, author of Unstoppable: Siggi B. Wilzig's Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend. Joining the author will be Ivan Wilzig, the son of Siggi Wilzig.
Sponsored by the Jewish Federation of San Antonio and the Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio in cooperation with Chabad Center for Jewish Life & Learning, Chabad La Cantera, Chabad of Boerne, Congregation Beth Am, Congregation Agudas Achim, Congregation Rodfei Sholom, Congregation Shalom of San Antonio, Temple Beth-El
Tuesday, October 3, 2023
7 pm - 9 pm
Film Screening & Discussion with Chris Nicola
Explorer, Lecturer, & Author
In Partnership With:
Barshop JCC, Texas Hydro Geo Workshop, Bexar Grotto, St. Mary’s University, World Affairs Council San Antonio
While exploring some of the longest caves in the world in southwestern Ukraine in the 1990s, American caver Chris Nicola stumbled onto unusual objects…an antique ladies shoe and comb, old buttons, an old world key. Was the vague rumor true, that some Jews had hid in this cave during WWII and if so, had any survived to tell their tale? 67 years later, Chris leads four of the survivors back to Ukraine to say thank you to “the cave.”
Texas Holocaust Remembrance Week
January 22 - 26, 2024
With the passage of Senate Bill 1828 in the fall of 2019, the Texas legislature officially created an annual Holocaust Remembrance Week in public schools. This week was created to “educate students about the Holocaust and inspire in students a sense of responsibility to recognize and uphold human value and to prevent future atrocities.” The Governor’s Office selected the week of January 27th for the annual Remembrance Week in honor of the liberation the Auschwitz-Birkenau Extermination Camp by the Allied Forces.
During the Remembrance Week, educators around the state will be providing age-appropriate instruction for all their students about the Holocaust using materials created, or approved by, the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission. The Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio is honored to have been selected by the TH&GC as a recommended resource for educators and source of educational materials for use during the Holocaust Remembrance Week.
HMMSA Reads Schedule for 2023-2024
Note: Virtual sessions will be hosted on Zoom
Learn & Remember
Each January, the Holocaust Memorial Museum and the San Antonio Public Library partner to present programs and exhibits that highlight a selected theme from the Holocaust at library locations around the city. Past themes include: Women in the Holocaust, Children of War, Liberators & Rescuers, & the Victims.
Visit mysapl.org or call 210-207-2500 for a complete schedule of programs.
