Holocaust commission gets new life; atrocities to be recalled this week in Texas, San Antonio
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Nehemia “Nammie” Ichilov, director of the Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio and interim Chief Executive Officer of the Jewish Federation of San Antonio, is standing in the museum on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021Lisa Krantz /Staff photographer
A recommendation to abolish the state’s 12-year-old Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission has been modified to keep the organization active but under closer scrutiny by the Texas Historical Commission.
“Everything is working out now, and we are still in existence,” said Lynne Aronoff, chairwoman of the Holocaust commission. “We believe that we’ll emerge from this important process stronger and improved as a result.”