We face a crisis of memory. In 2020 — 75 years after Auschwitz was liberated — only 400,000 survivors of the Holocaust are still living. In Nebraska, the number is just 13.

    “It’s vital that we keep these voices heard and keep their stories going,” says Michael Staenberg, a St. Louis businessman and philanthropist born and raised in Omaha. “These times especially show us that we need to have respect for people, that we need to recognize that the color of a person’s skin or their religious beliefs should never change how we think about them or treat them.”