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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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changed 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.