When Leah Davenport began as a research assistant at the Pearlstine/Lipov Center for Southern Jewish Culture at the College of Charleston, she had no idea she would help memorialize a family murdered during the Holocaust outside their last Berlin residence.

With support from Professor Chad Gibbs, Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and the Center’s Director, Davenport uncovered letters that revealed both the despair of the Landsmann family in Berlin and the burden carried by their relative, Minnie Baum, in South Carolina.

Davenport’s work led to Stolpersteine—small brass plaques placed in sidewalks across Europe to honor Holocaust victims—being installed at 17 Hirtenstrasse, Berlin, ensuring that Chaim and Malie Landsmann and their daughters, Ida and Peppi, will not be forgotten.

In this episode of the Conversations with B’nai B’rith podcast, CEO Dan Mariaschin speaks with Davenport and Gibbs about how letters from South Carolina brought new life to the story of a family nearly lost to time.

Watch the full interview now on YouTube and Facebook.

Read more about Leah Davenport’s efforts.