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St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum to Host ‘Why This Matters’ Speaker Series
Series will include programs on antisemitism, Holocaust education, media literacy, and the Museum’s ongoing expansion (St. Louis, July 8, 2021) - Today, the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum announced a series of upcoming virtual programs entitled, “Why This...
Bracelet unearthed 60 years after the Holocaust, donated to the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum
Survivor Ben Fainer, who died in 2016, created the bracelet while imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp A long-lost bracelet made by Holocaust survivor Ben Fainer has completed its epic journey from a Nazi concentration camp to the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust...
Student Entries Sought for 18th Annual Holocaust Art and Writing Contest
Students in grades 6 through 12 can win cash prizes; entries accepted through April 19 The St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum is seeking entries for the 2021 Art and Writing Contest. The contest asks creative middle and high school students to express the...
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...