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Kellogg is both a detective and a storyteller by nature, and the idea for the tribute was born about three years ago, when she became aware the Titanic had had a kosher kitchen with its own chef. Her response was "Let's start researching." Investigations located the kosher kitchen — near the Third Class galley on F deck — and revealed that the chef slept just off the Third Class dining hall, sharing a room with four Second Class cooks, three Third Class cooks, one Scandinavian interpreter and two other crew members. A White Star Line example of the Third Class Bill of Fare includes a statement that "Kosher meat" would be supplied and cooked for Jewish passengers as desired, according to "The Jews of the Titanic," written by Eli Moskowitz and published in March 2018 by Strauss Consultants of New York City. By 1912, Kellogg says, "it was normal for passenger ships to have kosher food aboard for their Jewish passengers." "We even know what the dishes would have looked like, thanks to dishes that came from (Titanic' sister ship) the Olympic at a slighter later period," Kellogg says in the exhibition notes. But "as of right now, no Hebrew-marked or kosher service dinnerware/china/stoneware has been pulled from the Titanic wreck or the debris field." Also revealed by the research were the number of Jewish passengers on board — 31 in First Class; 13 in Second Class; 23 in Third Class; and two crew members. Of those passengers, 17 from First Class survived, three from Second Class and 10 from Third Class; both crew members died. The number is slightly different from Moskowitz's book because ongoing research revealed that some were assumed Jewish and were not, Kellogg explains. The kind of exploration undertaken for the tribute was not new for the Titanic museum. "Really, we pay tribute every year to new categories of people on the ship," Kellogg says. "The Irish, children, the 712 survivors, all the outstanding women, the suffragettes on board, the eight musicians, the eight clergymen — even the 10 dogs. It's not unusual for us to identify different categories. "But I was surprised by the connections with the Holocaust." One connection involved the Strauses. As research revealed, the Strauses' nephew, Nathan, was a college friend of Anne Frank's father, Otto Frank, when they were students at Heidelburg University in Germany, Kellogg says. AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 4, 2021 WHAT'S UP! 9 See Titanic Page 38 FEATURE "Violins of Hope" is a project created by Israeli violin maker Amnon Weinstein to recover and restore musical instruments played by Jewish people during the Holocaust. Examples of his work are part of the current tribute to Jewish passengers on the Titanic at the Titanic Museum Attraction in Branson. (Courtesy Photo) Connections between the doomed ocean liner Titanic and the Holocaust were revealed by research at the Titanic Museum Attraction. (Courtesy Photo) There were 69 known Jewish people aboard the Titanic — 31 in First Class; 13 in Second Class; 23 in Third Class; and two crew members. Of those passengers, 17 from First Class survived, three from Second Class and 10 from Third Class; both crew members died. (Courtesy Photo)