Tickets are now on sale for the “Hate Ends Now” cattle car exhibit, coming to the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum Sept. 10–14, and organizers expect them to go quickly. Capacity is limited, and walk-up sales will not be available. Museum members received early access beginning Aug. 8, but now the public can secure their spot for what’s expected to be one of the Museum’s most powerful and talked-about events of the year.
Inside the railcar experience
The “Hate Ends Now” traveling exhibition takes place inside a replica of a Nazi-era transport car—the kind used to deport millions of Jews and others to concentration camps and killing centers during the Holocaust. Visitors enter the wooden railcar, the door closes and the space goes dark. Around them, 360-degree visuals and survivor audio bring history into sharp, unflinching focus.
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“This exhibit offers a rare opportunity to confront the lived experience of the Holocaust—for those who were murdered and those who survived,” said Myron Freedman, executive director of the Museum. “It is both a historical reminder and a moral call to preserve memory and stand up against hate in all its forms.”
Stories that must be remembered
Holocaust survivor Gloria Kaplan Feldman, a lead sponsor of the exhibit, calls it a realistic depiction of deportation.
“Innocent people were forced onto the floor of a crowded, bitterly cold cattle car to be taken to an unknown destination without food, water or facilities,” she said. “Our hope is that this exhibit helps people understand what Holocaust victims and survivors endured. The stories must be kept alive through education for future generations so history will never repeat itself.”
The St. Louis stop is part of a national tour organized by the nonprofit “Hate Ends Now,” in partnership with Jewish institutions nationwide, and presented locally with support from Feldman, her daughter Cheryle Feldman Atkin and their family.
More to explore at the Museum
Visitors can bundle their “Hate Ends Now” cattle car exhibit ticket with Museum admission or with the special exhibition “Stitching History from the Holocaust,” which opened July 17. The Museum notes the cattle car experience is not recommended for children under 10 due to its intensity.
To purchase tickets or learn more, visit STLHolocaustMuseum.org/HateEndsNow.
