The ºüÀêÊÓƵ Holocaust Museum in Creve Coeur hosted a for a new $21 million expansion on Sunday, and also announced its new name.Ìý
It will be known as the ºüÀêÊÓƵ Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum to honor the family of local Holocaust survivors Gloria Kaplan Feldman and her brother David Kaplan.Ìý
Kaplan Feldman has a long history of philanthropy with the local Jewish community. She, along with her late husband Rubin, started the Gloria and Rubin Feldman Family Education Institute, which allowed the museum to expand programming.
Kaplan Feldman was born in Lithuania and immigrated to America with her parents and brother. They settled in ºüÀêÊÓƵ in 1949. Her other brothers, grandparents, and almost all of her extended family were murdered in the Holocaust.Ìý
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The museum announced its expansion in January, and it is set to open in mid 2022. The expansion will quadruple the space of the existing facility, add new technology, meeting space, and room space for preserving more than 12,000 artifacts. It will help fulfill the museum’s mission to preserve the legacy of the Holocaust and helping visitors to reject hate, racism and bigotry.
The museum is one of 22 Holocaust museums across the country.
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