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Annual Rubin Feldman Memorial Lecture to Honor Holocaust Rescuer with St. Louis Ties
This year's Annual Rubin Feldman Memorial Lecture will put a spotlight on a little-known story of Carl Lutz, a former St. Louisan who saved more than 50,000 Jews from the Nazis. The program will take place virtually at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 28, and is generously...
St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Rebecca Erbelding of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to speak (St. Louis, January 15, 2021) – On Jan. 27, the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum will commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day with a virtual talk by a historian from the...
“The Silenced Walls” Film Screening with Dr. Zvi Tannenbaum
Please join us for a discussion about the film, The Silenced Walls with Dr. Zvi Tannenbaum.
It’s Giving Tuesday! Help us bring Holocaust history to classrooms.
On this Giving Tuesday, we as for your support of a new, world-class institution! With your help, we can continue to educate visitors about the history of the Holocaust and empower them to use its lessons to shape a better world. DONATE NOW "I appreciate that you are...
“The Little Dictator” Film Screening & Discussion with Drew Newman
The 2020 Sunday Afternoon Film Series is generously sponsored by Sandra and Mendel Rosenberg. November 29th, 1:00 pm Speaker: Drew Newman Join us for the next film in the Sunday Afternoon Film Series - "The Little Dictator," directed by Nurith Cohn. Since this is a...
Groundbreaking marks start of construction on St. Louis’ new $21 million Holocaust Museum
Museum’s New Name Honors St. Louis Holocaust Survivors’ Families (St. Louis, November 17, 2020) – At a virtual groundbreaking Sunday, dignitaries celebrated a new future and a new name for St. Louis’ Holocaust Museum. The new, greatly expanded Museum will be known as...
The Pogrom of November 9th and 10th, 1938
By: Dan Reich, Curator & Director of Education On the night of November 9, 1938, violent anti-Jewish demonstrations broke out across Germany, Austria, and the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. Nazi officials justified the riots as a "spontaneous" reaction to...
“Woman in Gold” Film Discussion with Dr. Caroline Kita
We're excited to announce the next film in the Sandy and Mendel Rosenberg Film Series! We hope you can join us on October 25th for a virtual discussion on the film Woman in Gold, presented b Dr. Caroline Kita. Sandy and Mendel Rosenberg Film Series Sunday, October 25,...
On This Day in History: October 5
On October 5, 1938, the Reich Ministry of the Interior invalidated all German passports held by Jews. The move was taken in response to a request not from inside Germany, but from Switzerland. Like many other industrialized nations, Switzerland was experiencing an influx of asylum requests from German Jews. On October 5, German Jews were forced to surrender their old passports. The German government then mandated that all Jewish passports in Germany be stamped with a red “J.” The action further isolated German Jews and perpetuated their oppression.
Holocaust Museum & Learning Center encourages everyone to commemorate Yom HaShoah virtually this year
On April 12, 1951, the Israeli Knesset (parliament) proclaimed Yom HaShoah U’Mered Hagetaot (Holocaust and Ghetto Revolt Remembrance Day) to be the 27th of the Hebrew month of Nisan. The name later because known as Yom HaShoah VeHagevurah (Holocaust and Heroism...