HMH Bearing Witness - November 2014

AROUND HMH

Mincbergs Honored as

2014Guardians Two Holocaust survivors who helped create Holocaust Museum Houston and who devoted much of their adult lives to other charities have been named Houston’s 2014 “Guardians of the Human Spirit” in recognition of their contributions to the quality of life in Houston. Holocaust Survivor EdithSternlichtMincberg and her late husband Josef Mincberg received thehonor fromHolocaustMuseum HoustononNov. 3, at theMuseum’sannual luncheon. More than 1,100 people were in attendance for the event, which raised almost $732,000 for the Museum. Edith and Josef met at a displaced persons camp and had been married five months when they arrived in Houston on July 5, 1949. Here, they recreated their lives, grew a family and successfully established a business. When the idea of creating a Holocaust museum surfaced, they were deeply involved in numerous philanthropic endeavors around the city. They immediately joined other like minded individuals who, as a group, founded HolocaustMuseumHouston. Toenhance thenarrativeof thePermanent Exhibit, they established the Josef and Edith Mincberg Gallery.

DeanPutterman joinedPageKempner and JayCourage of theArt Circle at his art-filled home following the exhibit opening of “GroundZero360.”

HMH now has 17 new docents after 14 sessions of training. Each classmember has begun giving their first tours. Graduationwill be held onSunday, Nov. 16, at HMH. Seated in front isDocent Training SubcomitteeChair Kurt VanGilder. The new docents are (front row, left to right): NancyGreen, Suzi Feickert, Iris Fisherman, GlyndaOliver andMidgeBanchik; second row: EmilyHilber, DeborahWebne, Erin, Slosburg, DanielleVogl, RhodaGoldberg andMargaret Palco; third row: JoseGonzalez, Allan Elkowitz, MikeCahn, Paul Desrosiers, Stewart Cassel andAmy Frake.

Students inCynthiaCarr Longoria’s high school class learned about theHolocaust using the Museum’s new i-Pad based digital curriculum trunk.

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