The United State Holocaust Memorial Museum has announced a $5 million gift from the family of Sara and Asa Shapiro.

The gift from Mickey Shapiro, Steven and Margie Shapiro, and Edward Shapiro was made in memory of their parents, both Holocaust survivors from the town of Korets, then in Poland and today in Ukraine. During World War II, Asa did time in a Soviet labor camp and was then conscripted into the Soviet army, while Sara escaped a ghetto in German-occupied Poland and posed as a Ukrainian maid to avoid capture. The only members of their respective families to survive the Holocaust, they immigrated to the United States, where they settled in the Detroit area. Sara's story of courage and resilience is told in the film My Name is Sara, scheduled for release later this year. In recognition of the gift, the museum's foyer will be named the Sara and Asa Shapiro Foyer.

"The Shapiro family has been involved with the museum for decades, and Mickey previously served as a member of the museum's governing council," said museum director Sara Bloomfield. "Sara's and Asa's testimonies are part of our collection, and this very generous commitment helps us advance our goal of bringing the history and lessons of the Holocaust to new generations worldwide. This gift comes at an especially critical time as we see rising antisemitism just as we are experiencing the gradual loss of the survivors."