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Survivor Testimonies: Ruth Steinfeld

Ruth Steinfeld

 

November 9, 2018 marked the 80th anniversary of the November Pogrom known as Kristallnacht. During the November Pogrom, Nazi thugs went through the streets of Germany and, in plain view, set synagogues on fire, smashed the window fronts of Jewish businesses, attacked Jewish people and vandalized their apartments. Houston Holocaust survivor, Ruth Steinfeld experienced the November Pogrom first hand.

Ruth and her sister Lea lived in Sinsheim, Germany when Hitler came to power. The family was deported to the Gurs interment camp in 1940, and their mother was faced with a very difficult decision: to let a Jewish philanthropic organization called Oeuvres de Secours aux Enfants (OSE) take her daughters to safety, or keep them with her. Ruth and her sister's lives were forever altered after that moment.

This event is free with Museum admission.

Read more about Ruth's story, in addition to other local Holocaust survivors' stories, here.

Event type: 
Dates: 
Friday, March 15, 2019, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Price: 
Free with Museum admission. Museum Admission: $12 for adults $8 for active-duty military and AARP members Free for children, students and college-level students with valid ID Free admission on Sundays
Phone number: 
7139428000
Venue: 
Holocaust Museum Houston
Address: 
9220 Kirby Dr.
Houston, TX 77054

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