Roaming St. Louis: Holocaust Museum tells the story through local survivors

Holocaust Museum
This suitcase belonged to one of the museum's founders, who escaped the Holocaust to make his way to a strange land, America's Midwest. Photo credit St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum

In this edition of Roaming St. Louis, KMOX host Scott Jagow visits the Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum near Creve Coeur. He sits down with executive director Myron Friedman and director of education Helen Turner to discuss the exhibits, the hundreds of St. Louis area survivors whose stories fill the museum and much more. Listen below.

St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum
The names of more than 900 known Holocaust survivors are on a digital wall at the museum. Photo credit St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum
St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum
Photos and audio of St. Louis survivors tell the story of the Holocaust Photo credit St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum
St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum
Photo credit St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum
St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum
The museum includes several interactive exhibits. Photo credit St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum
St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum
Photo credit St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum
St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum
The museum is located near Creve Coeur, 36 Millstone Campus Dr. Photo credit St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum
St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum
Helen Turner, director of education and Myron Freedman, executive director of the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum. Photo credit St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum
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