Jewish American Heritage Month

Posted By admin on April 20, 2024

(ST. JOSEPH, Mo.) May 6th is an internationally recognized date for Holocaust Rememberance Day, corresponding to the 27th day of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar.

One history teacher from Lafayette High School wants to share her husband's experiences as a member of the Jewish community.

While May is a couple of weeks away, Brooke Rich wants to commemorate the lives lost during the holocaust, specifically the feldman family, whom she shares family ties with.

Of the many members of the Feldman family, only 1 remains today, Yonkel, and Rich wants to share his story with the world and how he suffered at the hands of the Nazis when he was only 7 years old.

"They killed them, just because of who they were. Yonkel is the only one left at this point. He's seven years old, and he's lost his grandparents. He's lost his mom, his sister, his aunt, he's lost them all. The only thing that's still alive is his dad. And his dad is in a labor camp, and they take Yonkel to the same camp and he reunited with his dad. And he is the one who has to tell his dad that his wife is dead, that his his parents are dead, that his sister that his daughter is dead, he has to deliver that news at seven years old to his dad." She said.

Rich states that she hopes people remember the Jewish people that were killed in the Holocaust, and she hopes that people remember that it's the survivors who are keeping the stories alive.

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