After a daring covert operation to capture Adolf Eichmann, the key player in the Final Solution was brought to Israel to stand trial. Testifying from inside a glass booth for his own safety, Eichmann claimed that he was "merely a little cog in the machinery" of destruction. The prosecution was one of the first televised...
Monday, November 25 at 7:00 pm Held at the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum 36 Millstone Campus Drive, St. Louis, MO 63146 Since the October 7th attacks, Jewish students across the country have increasingly faced isolation and antisemitism on campus—simply for their identity as Jews and their support for Israel. Equally troubling is the...
Join the Museum for a Survivor Hour with third generation Holocaust descendent, Lory Cooper Naylor. Lory will share the story of her grandparents, Bobbie and Simon Kohn, founders of Kohn’s Deli. Theirs is a story of survival and resilience during and after the Holocaust. This program will feature a 40 minute talk followed by live...
DEI is a commonly used acronym that is often used as both a catch-all and as a band-aid in the face of discriminatory actions. The workshop will explore what exactly DEI covers, its merits and where there is room for improvement, most notably in the realm of including antisemitism in DEI spaces.
Join the Museum for a special program Making Gay History Time Travel with Eric Marcus, which gives voice to the experiences of LGBTQ+ victims of the Holocaust. Eric Marcus, founder and host of the award-winning Making Gay History podcast, will share a sneak preview of the podcast’s upcoming 10-episode series on the experiences of LGBTQ...
Since the October 7th attacks, Jewish students across the country have increasingly faced isolation and antisemitism on campus—simply for their identity as Jews and their support for Israel. Equally troubling is the rise in violent threats and physical attacks against Jewish students. Yet, through these challenges, we have witnessed the resilience and strength of Jewish...
Join the Museum for a book talk by Dr. Dagmar Herzog on the mass murder of people with disabilities during the Holocaust. In her new book The Question of Unworthy Life, Dr. Herzog explores how Germany became the only modern state to implement a plan to eradicate cognitive impairment by sterilizing and murdering hundreds of thousands...
