“Righteous Among the Nations” Presentation

The Houston-area family of a German national who protected three Jewish men during the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam will receive the prestigious “Righteous Among the Nations” award in her memory during ceremonies this September at Holocaust Museum Houston. Dr. Dieter Heymann, a retired chemistry professor from Rice University, and other family members will accept the medal and a certificate from Israeli Consul General Meir Shlomo on behalf of the State of Israel in honor of Heymann’s mother, Erika Heymann. Heymann and his family will receive the honor at a ceremony co-hosted by Holocaust Museum Houston and the Consulate General of Israel to the Southwest on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, beginning at 7 p.m. in the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater at the Muse