Category: Exhibits

Bracelet unearthed 60 years after the Holocaust, donated to the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum

Apr 9, 2021 | Exhibits, History, News

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...

HMLC exhibit highlights reflections from the WWII camp liberations

Mar 4, 2020 | Exhibits, Programs & Events

2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the majority of the concentration/forced labor camps in Europe. The Picture of Unreality: Camp Liberation and Liberators exhibition will open April 2 and will highlight the liberated and the liberators. Drawn from...

‘Operation Finale’ screening paired with Malkin art exhibit

Mar 3, 2020 | Exhibits, Film Screenings, Programs & Events

Ben Kingsley stars in the 2018 film “Operation Finale,” the March selection for the 2020 Sandra and Mendel Rosenberg Sunday Afternoon Film Series. Kingsley portrays Adolf Eichmann and Oscar Isaac portrays Mossad agent Peter Malkin in this thrilling true story of the...

Exhibit to feature art from the man who captured Eichmann

Feb 25, 2020 | Exhibits, Programs & Events

In 1960, when Mossad agent Peter Zvi Malkin led a team to capture Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, Malkin’s cover was as a tourist. As part of the cover, Malkin brought his own pastels, colored pencils, dry watercolors, and oils. He also carried a South American...

Untold Sacrifices: The St. Louis Jewish Community in the Great War

Oct 4, 2017 | Exhibits

The exhibit, Untold Sacrifices: The St. Louis Jewish Community in the Great War, will be presented by the St. Louis Jewish Community Archives from Sunday, November 5 – December 31, 2017 at The J’s Staenberg Family Complex, Fitness & Wellness Building. This...

“Combat Camera: US Army Signal Corps Images from WWII” Exhibit at Jewish Federation of St. Louis

Mar 8, 2017 | Exhibits

The exhibit, Combat Camera: US Army Signal Corps Images from WWII, will open at the Jewish Federation of St. Louis on April 2, 2017. A special opening program will be held at 1:00 pm at the building, located at 12 Millstone Campus Drive. Reception to follow; dietary...

Jewish Federation of St. Louis Receives Grant from Missouri Humanities Council for Upcoming Exhibit about the Great War

Nov 22, 2016 | Exhibits

The Missouri Humanities Council (MHC) has awarded a grant of $2,500 to the Jewish Federation of St. Louis in support of the project, “Untold Sacrifices: The St. Louis Jewish Community in the Great War.” The exhibit will open in Fall 2017, honoring the anniversary year...

Fabric of Survival: Images of the Art of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz at HMLC

Oct 6, 2016 | Exhibits

“Fabric of Survival: Images of the Art of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz” will be the next exhibition at the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center, opening on November 3, 2016 and remaining on view until November 30, 2016. In 1977, at the age of fifty, Esther...

HMLC Artifact Spotlight

Jul 6, 2016 | Exhibits

When the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center (HMLC) opened in 1995, archival holdings had already been accumulated and recorded. Survivors, veterans and other community members have been donating artifacts, documents and other memorabilia, creating a repository of...

Photography Exhibit, The 36 Unknown, to Open at the Jewish Federation of St. Louis

Mar 11, 2016 | Exhibits

An exhibit of photographs by Todd Weinstein entitled “Legends of the 36 Unknown” will open on Sunday, April 3, 2016 from 2:00-4:00 pm at the Jewish Federation of St. Louis Kopolow Building, 12 Millstone Campus Drive, 63146. The opening event will include remarks by...