NEXTGen
Installs New
Leadership
NEXTGen has rebranded the organization
and taken on a chair to move it forward with young professionals
in the coming year.
Jessica Hart, the new chair of the group, attended The University
of Texas, majored in business and went on to attend law school
at Baylor University. She began her practice here in Houston
at Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, focusing on commercial litigation
and internal investigations. After five years of practice, she
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WWW.HMH.ORGchanged career paths and became the director of operations of
the Harris County Republican Party during the 2014 elections
and currently works for the United States Senate, serving as
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s regional director.
The NEXTGen group is hoping to continue the momentum the
organization has had in the last few years, building on its success
with three signature events this past year: a fall Membership
Party, its annual “Conversation with a Survivor” event, and its
Bocce Ball fundraiser for HMH in remembrance of NEXTGen
member Grant Gordon.
Officially called the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives
section (MFAA), the “Monuments Men” were a group of 345
men and women – museum directors, curators, art historians,
architects, archaeologists and educators – tasked with the
location, protection, conservation and repatriation of European
art, architecture and material culture of nations during and
after World War II. These men and women quite literally saved
Western civilization’s treasures.
Holocaust Museum Houston is proud to announce a special
tour of Europe, focusing on many of the places these men
HMH Plans “Monuments Men” Tour
of European Holocaust Sites
Jessica Hart
and women worked, beginning June 14, 2016, and continuing
through June 27.
Destinations will include Paris; the Normandy region of France;
Cologne, Germany; Siegen and Merkers, Germany, where hundreds
of repositories were discovered as American troops crossed
Germany en route to Berlin; and continuing on to Munich.
For a complete itinerary, pricing and reservation information,
visit
www.hmh.org.Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives (MFAA) Officer James Rorimer
supervises U.S. soldiers recovering looted paintings from
Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany during World War II, April-May,
1945. Courtesy, The National Archives.
Aerial view of Altaussee salt mines, 1945. Courtesy, Archives of
American Art.