Category: News

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...

Student Entries Sought for 18th Annual Holocaust Art and Writing Contest

Mar 10, 2021 | News, Programs & Events

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...

It’s Giving Tuesday! Help us bring Holocaust history to classrooms.

Dec 1, 2020 | News

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...

Groundbreaking marks start of construction on St. Louis’ new $21 million Holocaust Museum

Nov 17, 2020 | News

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...

Holocaust Museum & Learning Center encourages everyone to commemorate Yom HaShoah virtually this year

Apr 14, 2020 | News, Programs & Events

On April 12, 1951, the Israeli Knesset (parliament) proclaimed Yom HaShoah U’Mered Hagetaot (Holocaust and Ghetto Revolt Remembrance Day) to be the 27th of the Hebrew month of Nisan. The name later because known as Yom HaShoah VeHagevurah (Holocaust and Heroism...

Plans for a New World-Class Holocaust Museum Announced

Jan 27, 2020 | News, Programs & Events

Lessons of History Must Never Be Forgotten   The St. Louis Holocaust Museum & Learning Center today commemorated its 25th year with the announcement of a new world-class facility. Holocaust survivors, local dignitaries and religious leaders gathered to unveil...

NEH awards Holocaust Museum & Learning Center with a $750,000 challenge grant

Jan 14, 2020 | News

We are absolutely thrilled to share with you that the Holocaust Museum & Learning Center has been awarded a $750,000 challenge grant from prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities. Read the full press release from NEH here. On January 27, we will host an...

The Children’s Forest

Oct 11, 2019 | News

Editor’s note: Occasionally, HMLC will provide scholarship funds for students who are taking trips to further their education about the Holocaust. In return, we ask for a photo and an article about what impressed them the most about their trip. Yael Avni was one of...

Jewish Motorcycle Alliance Ride to Remember

Jun 5, 2019 | News, Programs & Events

During a weekend in May, more than 160 Jewish motorcyclists from across the U.S., Canada, Israel and Australia rode to St. Louis to raise money for the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center. The Jewish Motorcyclist Alliance’s signature event, called Ride2Remember,...

24 Students Win in 17th Annual Holocaust Museum Art & Writing Contest

May 7, 2019 | News, Programs & Events

More than $2,500 in cash prizes will be awarded to 24 winners of the Holocaust Museum & Learning Center’s 17th Annual Art & Writing Contest at an awards ceremony Monday, May 13, at 7 pm in the Holocaust Museum Theater in the Jewish Federation of St. Louis’...