A Traveling Exhibit for Museums, Schools, Libraries and Community Centers
Six Powerful Videos
Watch the Messages From Survivors Trailer
Survivors’ voices make Holocaust history vivid and personal. Six powerful videos and six informational panels connect the experiences of one Jewish family to the immense scale of the Holocaust.
An intimate look at a family of survivors sharing stories and celebrations helps combat antisemitic stereotypes while transmitting messages they urgently wanted future generations to understand.
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Take-home component extends learning and emotional connection
Six cards feature photos and stories of survivors and messages they wished to convey to future generations. Visitors can take home a replica of a photo from that shoebox. Each “Shoebox Card” contains photos, stories, a QR code linking to the videos, questions connect to our lives today, and a message from a survivor’s heart.
Tucked away on a shelf in a closet in a Bronx apartment sat a shoebox filled with pictures. From time to time, a girl took it down and asked her mother about the people in the pictures. They sat side by side and the stories were passed down. Those stories inspired this exhibit.
Bring survivors’ voices to your community in new ways
Messages From Survivors is a fully portable, scalable and replicable exhibit.
It works in museums, classrooms, libraries, and community centers.
Benefits
The exhibit introduces the Holocaust through powerful personal stories.
Flexible configurations will be tailored to your needs.
Simple to install and transport. Use again and again.
Exhibit videos can be displayed on-site or visitors can watch them on personal devices using each panel’s QR code.
A take-home component extends learning and emotional connection.
Reach audiences even if they can’t come to your site.
Components
Six videos
Six panels
Six different take-home “Shoebox Cards.”
Each panel and Shoebox Card has a QR code linking to a video.
Print-on-demand ordering allows you to choose the scale you need for your setting. e.g.
Free-standing retractable banners: 48” x 79”
Table-top exhibit: 15” x 25.5”
Ceiling hung banners: 24” x 48”
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The Videos
The Movie Star
Meet Anna Jacobs who tells of her happy life in Poland before World War II and the first signs of rising antisemitism.
2. Family Photo
Three brothers explain why they took this photo wearing the Star of David on their clothes.
3. Something About 1938
Anna Jacobs talks about how things changed suddenly for Jews in Poland in 1938.
4. The Tomato Story
“I only can tell it once,” says Holocaust survivor Jack Jacobs, recalling when he and 13 others hid from the Nazis for weeks in a cramped attic.
5. Warsaw Ghetto: Escape
Anna Jacobs recalls her life in, and escape from, the Warsaw Ghetto.
6. Camp/Love Story
“Let me tell you how I met my destined one,” says Jack Jacobs, surrounded by his family. As their great-grandchildren play, he and his wife, Anna, recount how they met in a forced labor camp and loved each other through a life of hard times and good times.
