Magazine Article

Freeman Family Foundation Holocaust Education Centre

Maron, Jeremy

2023

Overview

A dedication panel outside the new exhibition space explicitly gives tribute to these survivors, many of whom have generously shared their stories and artifacts with the HEC over the years. Yet while retaining such features that are intimately bound to the HEC's history and mission, the new exhibition makes several important updates in terms of content, interpretive approach, technology, and visitor experience. While the exhibition room focuses on the Holocaust itself-the Nazis' genocidal attempt to eradicate the Jewish people-the entry alcove is designed to provide crucial context for this through two avenues: 1) an exploration of the history of antisemitism, and 2) an overview of Jewish life that existed in Europe before the Holocaust. The intention of positioning this content before the exhibition space is clear-that one cannot begin reflecting on the Holocaust without first considering the long history of antisemitism that preceded it and the vibrant and diverse Jewish communities in Europe that were eradicated in the Shoah.

• Publisher: Manitoba Historical Society
• Subject: Antisemitism / Archives & records / Art exhibits / Concentration camps / Displaced persons / Genocide / Holocaust / Jewish people / Nazi era / Oral history