A Traveling Exhibit for Museums, Schools, Libraries and Community Centers

Six Powerful Videos

Watch the first video from Messages From Survivors

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. Learn more about the videos.

 

Six Take-Home Shoebox Cards

A take-home component extends learning and emotional connection. Learn more about the shoebox cards.

 
 

Six Scalable Informational Panels

 

Learn more about the panels


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. 

  • Retractable standing banners: 48”W x 79”H

  • Table-top exhibit: 15”W x 25.5”H

  • Ceiling hung banners: 24”W x 48”H

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The Videos

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.

 
  1. 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.

 

The Panels

Six informational panels connect the experiences of one Jewish family to the immense scale of the Holocaust. Panels can customized for your setting in different formats and sizes. Shown here: 48”W x 79”H free-standing retractable banner

 
 
 

The Shoebox Cards

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.

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