Charged with educating students and the public about the dangers
of prejudice and hatred in society, The Holocaust Museum Houston
is dedicated to remembering the 6 million Jews and other
innocent victims of the Holocaust and honoring the legacy of the
survivors. Using the lessons of the Holocaust and other
genocides, they teach the dangers of hatred, prejudice and
apathy. The permanent exhibit at the Museum is Bearing Witness:
A Community Remembers, which focuses on the stories of Holocaust
survivors living in the Houston metropolitan area. A tour begins
with a look at life before the Holocaust. Visitors then see the
beginnings of Nazism and Adolf Hitler’s rise to power. The
displays progress through the disruption of normal life, to
segregation, to imprisonment in concentration camps and,
finally, to extermination. The roles of collaborators, by-
standers, rescuers, and liberators are portrayed through
artifacts, film reels, photographs, and text panels. The main
exhibit ends with the moving short films, Voic