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Museum Message on Hanukkah Shooting in Sydney, Australia
We are deeply saddened by the tragic attack on Jewish community members in Sydney, Australia as they gathered to light the first Hanukkah candle....
Museum Message on Antisemitism in Clayton
As many of you may have heard, multiple cars were set on fire in a Clayton neighborhood early this morning in what is now being investigated as a...
After the Night of Broken Glass: Fleeing Nazi Germany for St. Louis
Read as Ernst van Rath recollects the Night of Broken Glass: Fleeing Nazi Germany for St. Louis that is shared as part of the Memory Project.
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...
Memories: Auschwitz-Birkenau
The following poem was written by Hilda Lebedun and shared as part of the Memory Project. Dear God, You let me come To the twilight of my life–...
A Message from the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum on Recent Antisemitism
A Message to Our Community from Board Chair Greg Yawitz & Executive Director Myron Freedman: We are heartbroken. We are outraged. And yes - we...
A Prayer for Answers
The following poem was written by Hilda Lebedun and shared as part of the Memory Project. Again and again I reminisce About my life. How can I...
Springtime
The following poem was written by Hilda Lebedun and shared as part of the Memory Project. A new seasonA new life all around. . . . I am looking...
Press Release: St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum Launches Free Virtual Classroom
Contact: Amy Lutz 913-426-5700 ALutz@STLHolocaustMuseum.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE St. Louis Kaplan...
USHMM Remembers President James Earl “Jimmy” Carter
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, 2014. (Image source: Place: Austin, Texas; Date: 2014; Credit: LBJ Library)Reference:Hollinger, A. (2024,...