Michael’s Story
“To the day he died, he would never sneeze. If Michael felt a sneeze coming on, he’d pinch his nose – hard – until his face turned red and the veins bulged in his neck. I could see the fear in his eyes, he was afraid to make a sound. For a little Jewish boy hiding from the Nazis in the loft of a barn, the hay made it that much harder.”
Introduction
For the public opening of the Michael Klahr Center in May 2008, HHRC transformed the building’s entrance with an interactive mixed-media installation called Michael’s Story. Vivid murals, archival photographs, and a short original film combine with artifacts of startling emotional resonance to tell the story of a hidden child of the Holocaust – a survivor whose legacy now touches every visitor to the splendid Center that bears his name.
Naming donor Phyllis Jalbert spoke at the public opening of the Michael Klahr Center about her late husband and his legacy ...
