RUTH Core Exhibition
From a daughter’s promise to a permanent museum.
The museum’s emotional center grows from Sandra Scheller’s RUTH exhibition and the story of her mother, survivor Ruth Goldschmiedova Sax.
About RUTH →RUTH · Remember Us The Holocaust
Memory
Needs an Address.
RUTH is working toward a permanent Holocaust museum in San Diego to preserve survivor testimony, confront antisemitism, and educate future generations.
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God created such a beautiful world, only some people make it so miserable.— Ruth Goldschmiedova Sax, San Diego Holocaust survivor and inspiration for RUTH
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Explore History
Understand the Holocaust through evidence, chronology, testimony, and artifacts.
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Make an Impact
Help create a permanent home for memory, education, and responsibility.
Support RUTH →The Museum Experience
A journey from evidence to testimony to responsibility.
RUTH’s permanent museum is envisioned as a sequence of historically grounded, emotionally responsible spaces: Holocaust chronology, the RUTH core exhibition, antisemitism and history galleries, rotating exhibitions, education spaces, and a reflection area.
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Education
Teach with evidence. Learn through testimony.
RUTH plans curriculum-aligned school visits, bilingual learning resources, teacher training, university collaboration, and public programs.
Explore education →Building RUTH
Help create a permanent home in San Diego.
The museum’s phased development plan combines exhibitions, educational infrastructure, staffing, visitor systems, and a capital campaign.
See the campaign →8,000–10,000school-aged visitors projected in Year 1
2–3rotating exhibitions envisioned annually
English + Spanishbilingual access is a core museum goal
One missionmemory, education, truth, and moral responsibility