This story is part of The Hidden Museum, a continuing series from the Jewish Light that explores remarkable artifacts held by St. Louis museums. These pieces represent only a fraction of what institutions like the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum preserve behind the scenes. Through this series, we surface the stories attached to objects not always on public display and examine how history lives on through archives, artifacts and memory.
A book drawn in the shadow of Auschwitz
Right now, on the lower level of the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum, a small book sits quietly inside a glass case as part of the museum’s Artifact Spotlight.
It does not demand attention. There are no dramatic lights or large crowds gathering around it. At first glance, it looks modest,, easy to pass by.
But this rare, signed edition of “Kwiaty Oświęcimia (Flowers of Auschwitz)” carries something a larger than its size. It’s the kind of book that rewards those who stop. Those who look just a bit closer…