"1945. Not the End, Not the Beginning"
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
6 Mordechaja Anielewicza St.
00-157 Warsaw
Poland
On the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews presents an exhibition dedicated to Polish Jews who survived the Holocaust and about their postwar experiences. It is a story about people who tried to rebuild their lives on the ruins of the old world. There were few of them, as 90% of the Polish Jewish community perished at the hands of Nazi perpetrators. Deprived of nearly everything—their nearest and dearest, their community and their home—they faced a dramatic choice: to stay or to leave? There were very few of them—ninety percent of Polish Jews perished in the Holocaust. The exhibition “1945. Not the End, Not the Beginning” shows the postwar reality through the eyes of those who survived.
This exhibition is organized by POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, in cooperation with the Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland and the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute.
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is an exhibition partner, with consulting provided by Stefanie Halpern, Director of Collections.
