What They Carried: The Journey of Ruth and Susanne Levy

Join us for a powerful family presentation by Melanie Kuhr Myers, who will share the extraordinary story of her mother, Susanne Levy, who escaped Nazi Germany as a child on the Kindertransport, and her grandmother, Ruth Levy, who fought tirelessly to save them both. Through personal letters, official documents, and artifacts – including Susanne’s small monogrammed backpack – Myers will retrace their harrowing journey from Berlin to England, and eventually to the United States. Their story is one of survival, separation, and the strength of three generations of Jewish women. In remembering their path, we are reminded of the human cost of indifference-and the enduring power of hope.

About the Speaker
Melanie Kuhr Myers serves the North Texas community through numerous associations and board positions, including co-chairing the Board Alumni Council for the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum. She is the CEO of Signature Millworks, a distinguished architectural millwork company, which was instrumental in building the new Museum in 2019. Myers is the co-author of Das Haus in East Berlin, which chronicles her family’s journey from Nazi Germany to the United States and what became of her ancestors’ house in Berlin after the war.