Jewish Museum exhibition Neighbors Who Disappeared

The exhibit will run from April 10 to May 2, 2008, and coincides with the 15th Annual Kleinmann Family Foundation Holocaust Symposium, a full week of lectures and films about the Holocaust.

The exhibit Neighbours Who Disappeared was begun in 2000 when Czech children and youth created artworks in response to the effects of the Nazi Holocaust on their cities and communities. They made mixed-media panels that combine text, drawings, paintings, contemporary and historical photographs and copies of historical documents.

The mostly non-Jewish students aged 12-21 years old, and coming different localities from all over the Czech Republic, researched the stories of Jewish people who disappeared during the 2nd World War in their neighborhood. They looked for local articles and statements, delved into local archives, collected testimonies from survivors and witnesses which were then compiled into brochures. They also salvaged and saved many private and lost photos and documents. Their research often revived local memory and has helped develop self-reflection in their own communities. The students also worked on projects that specifically examined the lives of Jewish children and youngsters from the communities where the project participants live today.

The exhibit will be on display in the Vanier College Library every day of the week .Neighbors Who Disappeared is organized by the Jewish Museum in Prague and the civic organization The Forgotten Ones. They are both pleased to present it in North America.

Vanier College Library, D-F 3rd Floor. 821 Ste-Croix, Montreal, QC H4L 3X9, 514-744-7500 www.vaniercollege.qc.ca Library hours are Monday-Thursday 7:45 am to 9:00 pm, Friday: 7:45 am to 5:00 pm, Saturday from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm and Sunday from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm.

For more information refer to the Vanier Website:

www.vaniercollege.qc.ca

(Source: Vanier College)