The exhibition “The Third Generation. The Holocaust in Family Memory” examines various approaches that survivors and their descendants have undertaken to engage with the legacy of the Holocaust. It also highlights the special significance that family heirlooms and photographs carry. We asked our online community which object has a special meaning for them. Music researcher Joshua Silberstein-Bamford spoke about the family violin (known as Jack) that his grandfather was able to take with him when he fled Vienna.
Autor_in: Yuval Schneider
#MemoryObjects Family Photograph, Taken Before the Outbreak of the War
The exhibition “The Third Generation. The Holocaust in Family Memory” explores various strategies for dealing with and examining the legacy of the Holocaust within survivors’ families. Inherited objects, family archives or photographs are often the vehicles for this inter-generational encounter. We asked our online community which object they would have chosen for the exhibition and what story they connect with it. Computer Science and Engineering Professor Martin Tompa chose a family photograph from Vienna taken prior to the outbreak of the war.
#MemoryObjects Leather File Folder, Used During the Family’s Escape
The exhibition “The Third Generation. The Holocaust in Family Memory” explores various strategies for dealing with and examining the legacy of the Holocaust within survivors’ families. Inherited objects, family archives or photographs are often the vehicles for this inter-generational encounter. We asked our online community which object they would have chosen for the exhibition and what story they connect with it. Author and researcher Anne Hand picked a leather file folder that her family used during their flight from Austria.
Bildgeschichten: Stanislaus Bender
1932: Der Münchner Maler und Werbegrafiker Stanislaus Bender feiert seinen 50. Geburtstag. Das Selbstporträt, das er zu diesem Anlass fertigstellt, zeigt ihn in selbstbewusster Pose in seinem Schwabinger Atelier. Nur ein Jahr später erklären die Nationalsozialisten München zur „Hauptstadt der Deutschen Kunst“. Stanislaus Bender und seiner Tochter Marylka bleibt nur der Weg ins Exil.
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Vier Fragen an… Agi Mishol
Im Rahmen der Audioinstallation „7. Oktober“ im Foyer des Jüdischen Museums München ist das Gedicht „Schutzraum“ der israelischen Dichterin Agi Mishol zu hören. Wir haben mit ihr über das Gedicht gesprochen.
Bildgeschichten. Münchner Jüdinnen und Juden im Porträt
Die Ausstellung „Bildgeschichten“ beleuchtet jüdische Geschichte und Kultur in München anhand von Porträts. Kuratorin Lara Theobalt im Gespräch über die Ausstellung.