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Special Exhibitions 21-August-08 | JewishGen to Align with Ancestry.com to Make Searching for Jewish Roots Easier and Faster 20-August-08 | Public Programs To Offer Insight about Nemirovsky 7-Aug-08 |Enigmatic Author Irene Nemirovsky Focus of New Exhibition opening in September 7-August-08 | September-October Public Programs Announced 24-July-08 | Music in Exile Concert and Lecture Series Announced for November
Watch a video about the Museum. Click here to view. Click here to read about the Speakers Bureau in the New York Times. Read the New York Times review of Daring to Resist. Click here to read part one of the review.
Check media kits for more detailed information about the Museum and special and permanent exhibitions and the press release archive for information about past events and programs. About the Museum The Museum is New York's primary institution of public education about modern Jewish history and the Holocaust. The Museum tells the moving story of 20th century Jewish life from the perspective of those who lived it. Weaving together personal experiences and world events, it paints an evocative portrait of a people and an indomitable spirit. Created as a living memorial to the victims of the Holocaust, the Museum honors those who died by celebrating their lives and legacy. It conveys a message of memory and hope that is of universal significance. Newsletter Click here to read the Fall 2008, Winter 2008, Fall 2007, Spring 2007, Winter 2007, Fall 2006 edition, or the Spring 2006 edition. The Shooting of Jews in Ukraine: Holocaust by Bullets November 24, 2008-February 16, 2009 Between 1941 and 1944, almost 1.5 million Jews were murdered when Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union. Most were shot by mobile killing units consisting of German SS, army, police, and local collaborators. This exhibition presents the evidence, both physical and testimonial, gathered by Father Patrick Desbois and his team from Yahad-In Unum. Interviews with Ukrainian bystanders and witnesses, together with photographs, artifacts, and text panels, tell the chilling story of Jewish victims–men, women, and children–who were summarily executed near the places they lived, with their neighbors watching. The exhibition is made possible through generous funding from Robert I. Goldman Foundation, Victor Pinchuk Foundation, and Edmond J. Safra Philanthropic Foundation.
Woman of Letters: Irène Némirovsky and Suite Française On view September 24, 2008-March 22, 2009 Woman of Letters tells the remarkable story of a writer driven to create, of a mother and her daughters, of memory and identity, of legacy and loss. A Russian-born Jewish author, Irène Némirovsky quickly rose to literary celebrity in her adopted France. But her fame and accomplishment, and even her conversion to Catholicism, were not enough to save her when war came; she was deported to Auschwitz in 1942. Among the few items that she left behind was a valise that contained a leather notebook. Haunted by painful memories, her daughters avoided opening it until Denise read it more than fifty years after their mother’s death. She discovered not a diary, but a major literary work: the first two parts of an unfinished five-part novel, Suite Française. The exhibition illustrates Némirovsky’s life and her extraordinary literary gift to the world with stunning and heartbreaking artifacts, including the original manuscript and the valise, never before exhibited. Co-produced with Institut Mémoires de l’Édition Contemporaine (IMEC). This exhibition is made possible through generous funding from: American Express, David Berg Foundation, and the Grand Marnier Foundation; leadership gifts from: Nancy Fisher, Fanya Gottesfeld Heller, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council with the generous support of The September 11th Fund, and The Robert Sillins Family Foundation; and additional support provided by: The Diller - von Furstenberg Family Foundation, Cultural Services of the French Embassy, Alexis Gregory Foundation, The Felix & Elizabeth Rohatyn Foundation, Howard J. Rubenstein, and L’Avion. Rotunda Salon furnished courtesy of Ligne Roset. Click here to find out about related public programs. Expert Sources The Museum is pleased to set up interviews between members of the media and our staff experts on topics related to the Holocaust and 20th century Jewish history. Please contact the Communications Department at communications@mjhnyc.org or call 646-437-4340 to submit your interview request. |
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