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Kristallnacht Wiedermal
The following poem was written by Miriam Spiegel Raskin and shared as part of the Memory Project. Friends ask when I write, Again? Again, the Holocaust? Aren’t you ever done with that? I guess not, I say. It’s with me, like a jagged scar that doesn’t heal but stings...
Book Review: A Morning Star
The following review was written by Miriam Spiegel Raskin and shared as part of the Memory Project. A Morning Star by Andre Schwarz-Bart Recently I read, and then bought so that I can reread and reread, a book that’s been calling out to me: A Morning Star, written by...
A Good Death
The following story was written by Miriam Spiegel Raskin and shared as part of the Memory Project. When my mother died several months ago, I was aware of both sadness and a selfish concern over the inevitability of my own death. As I watched her slip away towards the...
Who Does Not Want to be Perfect?
The following story was written by Miriam Spiegel Raskin and shared as part of the Memory Project. Perfectionism as a personality trait may have many causes, but only Jews have their tribal history as justification. Rather than power, our neurotic aspiration is...
Seven Hundred Gather for Local Yom HaShoah Commemoration
Approximately 700 local people gathered at United Hebrew Congregation on Sunday, April 27 for the annual Yom HaShoah commemoration. The event, put on by the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center and dedicated to remembering the six million Jews who perished in the...
Local Holocaust Survivors Will Bear Witness at Yom HaShoah Commemoration
The community-wide Yom HaShoah Commemoration, “Bearing Witness for Those Who Cannot: Testimony From the Holocaust,” will take place on Sunday, April 27, at 4 pm at United Hebrew Congregation, 13788 Conway Road, 63141. In the spirit of Elie Wiesel’s epigram, “For the...
Adventure in a DP Camp: A Story Told to Me by My Parents
The following story was written by Sofia Kent and shared as part of the Memory Project. This is a true story which I know only because my parents told me about it. I don’t have a lot of stories about their experiences during and after the Second World War, but I...
My Dress
The following story was written by Beatrice Wyllie and shared as part of the Memory Project. Mama was very excited. Her baby brother was getting married. Willie had been bringing many beautiful women to our house, but I think that Anna, my future aunt, was the most...
Gloria Feldman
The Holocaust Museum and Learning Center is pleased to announce the establishment of the Gloria and Rubin Feldman Family Education Institute. Gloria and Rubin (z’l) Feldman have a long history of philanthropy in the St. Louis Jewish community, and the Institute...
Archivist from US Holocaust Memorial Museum to Speak on Drawings from Child Survivors
Artwork created by child Holocaust survivors will be the focus of a public lecture at the St. Louis Holocaust Museum and Learning Center. “Children’s Drawings of Weir Courtney,” presented on Sunday, March 23, at 1 pm at the Jewish Federation Kopolow Building (12...