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Classic East German Film ‘Marriage in the Shadows’ to Screen at HMLC
The next film in the 2018 Sandra and Mendel Rosenberg Sunday Afternoon Film Series is the classic East German film “Marriage in the Shadows (Ehe im Schatten).” The Kurt Maetzig-directed film, released in 1947, spans a 10-year period starting in 1933. Hans Wieland, a...
Chief curator of POLIN Museum of the History of the Polish Jews to speak here
The chief curator of the Core Exhibition at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews will visit the Holocaust Museum & Learning Center on Thursday, Oct. 11, for a presentation on the role of museums in historical debates. Dr. Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett...
Costa-Gavras’ film Amen to Screen at HMLC
The next film in the 2018 Sandra and Mendel Rosenberg Sunday Afternoon Film Series is the powerful but controversial film Amen, based on real-life character Kurt Gurstein, who secretly but unsuccessfully approached the Swedish Consulate, the German Protestant...
Shanghai Ghetto to Screen at HMLC
The next film in the 2018 Sandra and Mendel Rosenberg Sunday Afternoon Film Series will be Shanghai Ghetto, screening at 1 pm on July 29 in the Holocaust Museum & Learning Center Theater at 12 Millstone Campus Drive. Films in this Sunday series are free and open...
HMLC to Commemorate Tisha B’Av with Special Film Program
The Holocaust Museum & Learning Center will screen a special film commemorating Tisha B’Av, the ninth day of the Jewish month of Av, Sunday, July 22, at 2 pm in the HMLC Theater (12 Millstone Campus Drive, 63146). This date in the Hebrew calendar marks the...
Holocaust Museum & Learning Center Names Next Leader
The Holocaust Museum & Learning Center has named Fran Poger as its next chair. She begins her term in September. Poger will succeed Myrna Meyer, who was named museum chair three years ago. “We are thrilled to have someone with Fran’s qualifications and passion for...
HMLC Honored with Brotherhood Sisterhood Award
The National Council of Community and Justice has presented its Brotherhood Sisterhood Award to the Holocaust Museum & Learning Center. Jean Cavender, Director of the Museum, joined the Jewish Federation of St. Louis President & CEO Andrew Rehfeld in accepting...
HMLC Interview with KPLR 11 – Webster Summer Teaching Institute
BIG SONIA & Teaching Trunks
Thanks to a generous donation, the BIG SONIA educational toolkit will be added to 12 teaching trunks for middle school and high school students in St. Louis through the Holocaust Museum & Learning Center! Staenberg Education Trunk Program This program is designed...
Run Boy Run to Screen at HMLC
The next film in the 2018 Sandra and Mendel Rosenberg Sunday Afternoon Film Series will be Run Boy Run, screening at 1:00 pm on June 24 in the Holocaust Museum & Learning Center Theater at 12 Millstone Campus Drive. Films in this Sunday series are free and open to...