BY JUDITH NEWMARK, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published November 1, 2022
Among the myriad Holocaust narratives we tell, which almost always end in tragedy, the fate of the passengers on the MS St. Louis exerts a particular hold on our imagination.
Of course, it does. The juxtaposition of strong, conflicting emotions —...
By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published November 1, 2022
Lilo Fauman was a Holocaust survivor, a proud grandmother, a talented writer and an extrovert. Born in 1923 in Munich, Germany, Fauman and her family narrowly escaped the Nazis during Kristallnacht and arrived in the United States in February 1939.
Fauman...
Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published October 20, 2022
As a boy growing up in Mainz, Germany, Luigi Toscano was fascinated by World War II. But he was frustrated by a lack of detail about a dark period in the country’s history: the Holocaust. His history teacher offered little information, and his textbook...
Wolf Gruner, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
• Published August 31, 2022
The summer of 2022 marked the 80th anniversary of the first Nazi deportation of Jewish families from Germany to Auschwitz.
Although the Nazis deported hundreds of thousands of Jewish men and women, for many places where those tragic events happened,...
Bill Motchan, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published May 11, 2022
As a boy growing up in Mainz, Germany, Luigi Toscano was fascinated by World War II. But he was frustrated by a lack of detail about a dark period in the country’s history: the Holocaust. His history teacher offered little information, and his textbook...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published April 26, 2022
On this, Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah), we honor the victims, remember the survivors, and educate the community about the history and lessons of the Holocaust. One such story has become a book, which will be released later this summer. "The...
Today, we tell the remarkable story of Oskar Jakob a St. Louisan who survived five camps before being liberated by the British. The St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum is allowing us to republish portions of their Oral Histories Project, as a...
The St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published March 15, 2022
Today, we tell the remarkable story of Helena Schonfeld, a St. Louisan who concealed her Jewish identity, had contact with Dr. Josef Mengele, lived in multiple concentration camps before being liberated. The St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum is...
Today, we tell the remarkable story of Morris Gutterman, a St. Louisan who survived living in Nazi-occupied Poland, 5 camps before being liberated by the British. The St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum is allowing us to republish portions of their...
Today, we tell the remarkable story of Erika Schick Goldburg, a St. Louisan's whose life could indeed be made into an epic movie, similar to “Europa, Europa,” or “Sunshine,” the latter of which depicted a Hungarian Jewish family going through...
Today, we tell the remarkable story of Leslie Ilies, a St. Louisan who survived a Nazi death march as Russians drew near. The St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum is allowing us to republish portions of their Oral Histories Project, as a celebration...
In today’s story from the Oral Histories Project, at the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum, We tell the story of Felicia Graber, a St. Lousian who survived the Holocaust not knowing she was Jewish.
The St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust...
