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‘Ritchie Boys’ tell their own stories of fighting the Nazis in next Rosenberg Sunday Afternoon Film
The 2019 Sandra and Mendel Rosenberg Sunday Afternoon Film Series will feature “The Ritchie Boys,” a fascinating documentary telling the little-known story of Jewish refugees from Austria, Romania, and Germany who volunteer to fight the Nazis. Realizing their...
Second ‘Gregor’s Violin’ performance will celebrate 100th birthday
The second Gregor’s Violin recital comes March 17 with an added bonus: the opportunity to wish a happy 100th birthday to Szyfra Braitberg, Gregor’s wife. The ongoing exhibit tells the story of Gregor (z”l) and Szyfra’s struggle and survival during the Holocaust and...
2019 St. Louis Yom HaShoah Commemoration Planned for May 5
“To Listen to a Witness Is to Become a Witness” and “Why We Speak” will be the themes for the annual Yom HaShoah commemoration on Sunday, May 5, at 4 pm. The Holocaust Remembrance Day event will feature eyewitness accounts of the Shoah from survivors and witnesses....
Director discovers her family’s history in latest offering for Rosenberg Sunday Afternoon Film Series
The 2019 Sandra and Mendel Rosenberg Sunday Afternoon Film Series will present the 2014 documentary The Yatzkans, directed by Anna-Celia Kendall, for its February showing. “What to do with all of my mother’s stuff and that beat-up piano?” asks the filmmaker. In this...
Annual Gale Lecture will look at Holocaust in Poland and Polish ‘History Laws’
Dr. Jan Grabowski will discuss the complicity of the Polish “blue” policemen in the persecution and murder of Polish Jewry during the Annual Gale Lecture, scheduled for Sunday, March 10, at the Kaplan Feldman Complex, 12 Millstone Campus Drive. Dr. Grabowski will also...
Student Entries Sought for 17th Annual Holocaust Art and Writing Contest
The Holocaust Museum & Learning Center (HMLC) is seeking entries for the 2019 Art and Writing Contest. The contest asks creative middle and high school students to express the difficult and inspiring lessons of the Holocaust. This is the 16th year that the annual...
‘Gregor’s Violin’ exhibit and performances tell epic story of survival
The Holocaust Museum & Learning Center will host an inspiring performance Feb. 17, when Tova Braitberg will play the violin that helped her grandfather survive the Holocaust. The first time Gregor Braitberg’s violin saved him from harm was in 1939 when they were...
Jewish Federation of St. Louis President & CEO announces Task Force created to re-envision Holocaust Museum
The Board of Directors of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis has established a Task Force to renovate and expand the Holocaust Museum & Learning Center (HMLC). This is a significant point in the future of the 25-year-old Museum as it will re-envision its role in...
Archeologist to introduce screening of ‘The Good Nazi’ at Bais Abraham Congregation
Bais Abraham Congregation and the Holocaust Museum & Learning Center will present a screening of “The Good Nazi,” which tells the story of Major Karl Plagge, a Nazi officer who risked his life to save hundreds of Jews during the Holocaust.
2019 Sandra and Mendel Rosenberg Sunday Afternoon Film Series opens with ‘The Last Suit’
The Sandra and Mendel Rosenberg Sunday Afternoon Film Series for 2019 will begin January 27 with “The Last Suit,” the first of nine films, which will include introductions and post-screening discussions on many issues important to the Jewish community. The showings...