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exhibit, created and circulated by the Architecture of Murder: The Auschwitz- she photographed the camps and other
Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Birkenau Blueprints traveling exhibi- symbols of the Holocaust, such as the
Memorial to the Holocaust, New York tion, developed by Yad Vashem and on train tracks, and juxtaposed those pho-
City, demonstrates how clearly the Jews loan from the American Society for Yad tos with photos of life.
were fully integrated into the town’s daily Vashem.
fabric. At its peak, Oswiecim boasted 30 Cardin points to one photo – that of
synagogues, and its Jewish population “Auschwitz didn’t spring from a Spanish synagogue in Paris.
included several branches of nowhere,” says Deborah Cardin, deputy
Chassidism. A photograph on display director of programs and development “As you see the synagogue still
features the renowned Bobover Rebbe, at the Jewish Museum of Maryland. standing, there is this incredible feeling
Rabbi Ben-Zion Halberstam, who visited “These blueprints are indicative of that we have prevailed. There is still
the town for a synagogue inauguration. engineers, civil servants, and architects Jewish life in Europe,” says Cardin.
who were doing their jobs.”
When the Nazis invaded Poland, The exhibit concludes with the col-
they immediately changed the town’s This section is capped off by a 20- lages and stories of 90 local Holocaust
name to the German Auschwitz. In a square-foot wooden replica of the survivors. Their stories span more than
short period of time, Jewish life was Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration 12 countries and incorporate a host of
obliterated, from the complete destruc- camp, built by Baltimore City College experiences, from that of refugees who
tion of the Great Synagogue in 1940, to high school student Andrew Altman. left Europe in the 1930s to those who
the period’s devastating conclusion – This 20-square-foot replica is a memo- experienced confinement in camps and
90 percent of the town ultimately was rial to his late great-grandfather, ghettos to those who were hidden.
sent to the death camp and murdered. Auschwitz survivor Edward “Yehuda”
Personal stories of those who once Biderman. “It was really impressive how the
lived in the town reveal a tragic conclu- Jewish Museum pulled all these pieces
sion to a once-vibrant community. The final two sections which show together,” says Kestenberg.
that life, and Jewish life in particular,
In the center of the exhibit are the ultimately would prevail. As for Kestenberg, she and her fam-
blueprints for the creation of the con- ily survived the war and were reunited.
centration camp, gas chambers, and Photographer Keron Psillas, who They weren’t able to leave Europe until
crematoria. These are part of the traveled to Bergen-Belsen, became fas- 1956, when they escaped from
cinated by the fact that amidst the Communist Hungary and emigrated to
destruction was life. For several years, Argentina. They arrived in Baltimore in
1959.◆
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Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Birkenau Blueprints traveling exhibi- symbols of the Holocaust, such as the
Memorial to the Holocaust, New York tion, developed by Yad Vashem and on train tracks, and juxtaposed those pho-
City, demonstrates how clearly the Jews loan from the American Society for Yad tos with photos of life.
were fully integrated into the town’s daily Vashem.
fabric. At its peak, Oswiecim boasted 30 Cardin points to one photo – that of
synagogues, and its Jewish population “Auschwitz didn’t spring from a Spanish synagogue in Paris.
included several branches of nowhere,” says Deborah Cardin, deputy
Chassidism. A photograph on display director of programs and development “As you see the synagogue still
features the renowned Bobover Rebbe, at the Jewish Museum of Maryland. standing, there is this incredible feeling
Rabbi Ben-Zion Halberstam, who visited “These blueprints are indicative of that we have prevailed. There is still
the town for a synagogue inauguration. engineers, civil servants, and architects Jewish life in Europe,” says Cardin.
who were doing their jobs.”
When the Nazis invaded Poland, The exhibit concludes with the col-
they immediately changed the town’s This section is capped off by a 20- lages and stories of 90 local Holocaust
name to the German Auschwitz. In a square-foot wooden replica of the survivors. Their stories span more than
short period of time, Jewish life was Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration 12 countries and incorporate a host of
obliterated, from the complete destruc- camp, built by Baltimore City College experiences, from that of refugees who
tion of the Great Synagogue in 1940, to high school student Andrew Altman. left Europe in the 1930s to those who
the period’s devastating conclusion – This 20-square-foot replica is a memo- experienced confinement in camps and
90 percent of the town ultimately was rial to his late great-grandfather, ghettos to those who were hidden.
sent to the death camp and murdered. Auschwitz survivor Edward “Yehuda”
Personal stories of those who once Biderman. “It was really impressive how the
lived in the town reveal a tragic conclu- Jewish Museum pulled all these pieces
sion to a once-vibrant community. The final two sections which show together,” says Kestenberg.
that life, and Jewish life in particular,
In the center of the exhibit are the ultimately would prevail. As for Kestenberg, she and her fam-
blueprints for the creation of the con- ily survived the war and were reunited.
centration camp, gas chambers, and Photographer Keron Psillas, who They weren’t able to leave Europe until
crematoria. These are part of the traveled to Bergen-Belsen, became fas- 1956, when they escaped from
cinated by the fact that amidst the Communist Hungary and emigrated to
destruction was life. For several years, Argentina. They arrived in Baltimore in
1959.◆
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