Events
Traveling Exhibit from the Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial
Date and Time
Sunday, April 19, 2015
Description
Temple Emanuel invites the community to come and see a special traveling exhibit from the Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York City, at our synagogue.
“Young Girl at Ghetto Terezin: 1941 -1944” will be on display Sunday, April 19 through Sunday April 26. We are hosting this exhibit in remembrance of the Six Million Jews who died during the Holocaust.
In 1941, Helga Weissova was deported from Prague to the Terezin Ghetto with her parents. Her father told her, “draw what you see,” and Helga began documenting her life in the ghetto. When she and her mother were deported to Auschwitz in September 1944, Helga entrusted her drawings to her uncle, who hid them until liberation and took them back to Prague. Helga and her mother survived and returned to Prague after the war.
The exhibit comprises photographic reproductions of 10 of Helga’s drawings. Accompanying the drawings are excerpts from her diary that convey her life in the ghetto.
The exhibit hours are Sunday, April 19 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM, Tuesday, April 21 through Friday, April 24 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and Sunday, April 26 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Temple Emanuel is located at 1715 East Fulton Street, across the street from Aquinas College.
The exhibit is underwritten by the Joseph and Mary Stevens Holocaust Education Fund.