Ruth Steinfeld

NEVER FORGET Ruth Steinfeld (left) and sister Lea Weems (right) hold hands with their mother, Anna Krell, before Hitler’s atrocities tore their family apart. Anna and her husband Alfred Krell were murdered at the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1942.

SHARING HER STORY Ruth Steinfeld has been a dedicated volunteer at Holocaust Museum Houston for decades. Here, she stands in front of a wall of local Holocaust survivors, most no longer living. (Photo: hartphoto.com)

BIRTHDAY BASH Ruth’s family celebrated her 90th birthday with a get-together that spanned the family generations. Front row (pictured, from left) Ben Becker, Lily Becker, Avery Beleiff, Madison Beleiff, Ruth Steinfeld, Fredda Friedlander, Abby Markowitz, Millie Feldman, Allison Feldman, Grant Feldman, Alex Friedlander, Max Friedlander, Lauren Friedlander, and Stephen Friedlander; second row (from left) Gary Friedlander, Doug Bercow, Michelle Bercow, Judy Mucasey, Cindy Moulton, Sunni Markowitz, Lisa Friedlander, Michael Friedlander, Matt Bercow, Jennifer Beleiff, Mark Faigen, Mark Mucasey, Jeff Markowitz, Debra Gaitz Cohen, Brad Beleiff; (back row, from left) Casey Markowitz, Gary Markowitz, Jake Bercow, and Lane Montano; (in the very back) David Betz.

MANNHEIM MEMORIES A highlight of Ruth Steinfeld’s trip to Germany last fall included a visit to the Mannheim synagogue that features a plaque honoring her father Alfred Krell, mother Anna Krell, and her maternal grandparents Jacob and Bertha Kapustin.

Ruth (center) talked to German high school students while on her trip to Germany last fall, in keeping with her mission to educate people about the Holocaust.

Ziggy Gruber showing Bill Orlin and Ruth Steinfeld around the exhibit. 

Deli man Ziggy Gruber (center) with local Holocaust survivors Bill Orlin (left) and Ruth Steinfeld (right). 

Ziggy Gruber and Ruth Steinfeld "kibitzing" inside the exhibit. 

Valérie Baraban and Ruth Steinfeld (Photo: Priscilla Dickson; courtesy of Holocaust Museum Houston)

Ruth Steinfeld, Bill Orlin and Anna Steinberger, here (from left) at Holocaust Museum Houston, continue to share their stories from the Holocaust. (Photo: hartphoto.com)

On the wall of local survivors behind Ruth are the names of friends and family members, most no longer living. (Photo: hartphoto.com)

Ruth (left) and her sister Lea Krell Weems, with their mother, Anna, in Ladenburg, Germany, in 1936. Their mom gave them up to save them and later was killed in the Holocaust. (Photo provided by Ruth Steinfeld)

Ruth Steinfeld, with her late husband, Larry Steinfeld, who was born in Hameln, Germany in 1930. He arrived in New York with his family in 1938 to escape Nazi Germany. Larry was a longtime docent at Holocaust Museum Houston. (Photo provided by Holocaust Museum Houston)

Houston Holocaust Survivor, Ruth Steinfeld, stands in front of a slide of her parents in the Destroyed Communities exhibit at Holocaust Museum Houston. Born in Manheim, Germany in 1933, her family was initially deported to the internment camp of Gurs in the French Pyrenees. (Photo: hartphoto.com)

Pictured at the reception are Gary Markowitz (chair-elect) and Ruth Steinfeld (survivor, board member). (Photo: Priscilla Dickson)