The Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York shares stories of death and life in <a href="https://mjhnyc.org/discover-the-exhibition/about-the-exhibition/" target="_blank" target="_blank">"Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away,"</a> an exhibition of more than 700 objects, replicas and media running through January 3, 2020. Here exhibitors transported an entire chunk of a wall from the camp all the way from Poland. The following photos are selections of those objects.<strong> </strong>
The Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York shares stories of death and life in "Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away," an exhibition of more than 700 objects, replicas and media running through January 3, 2020. Here exhibitors transported an entire chunk of a wall from the camp all the way from Poland. The following photos are selections of those objects.
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<strong>Friends show their love: </strong>This tiny birthday book borrowed from the Montreal Holocaust Museum is one of several gifts on display that were made and exchanged between inmates at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Women at the camp made and signed the heart-shaped booklet and gave it to Fania Fainer, who survived the camp and eventually settled in Canada.
Friends show their love: This tiny birthday book borrowed from the Montreal Holocaust Museum is one of several gifts on display that were made and exchanged between inmates at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Women at the camp made and signed the heart-shaped booklet and gave it to Fania Fainer, who survived the camp and eventually settled in Canada.
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<strong>A parent's good intentions:</strong> Barbara Gamzer sewed padding onto the bottom of these socks to muffle her child's footsteps while in hiding.
A parent's good intentions: Barbara Gamzer sewed padding onto the bottom of these socks to muffle her child's footsteps while in hiding.
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<strong>The industry behind the Holocaust:</strong> The symbol of the Topf and Sons company marks this crematorium peephole. These ovens made it possible for the SS to murder hundreds of thousands of people at camps like Auschwitz. The company survived the war and eventually went bankrupt in 1996.
The industry behind the Holocaust: The symbol of the Topf and Sons company marks this crematorium peephole. These ovens made it possible for the SS to murder hundreds of thousands of people at camps like Auschwitz. The company survived the war and eventually went bankrupt in 1996.
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<strong>Attendance is strong:</strong> Museum administrators say that thousands of students have seen the exhibition in New York City. At its first location in Madrid's Arte Canal Exhibition Centre in Spain, it drew a record 600,000 people and was extended twice.
Attendance is strong: Museum administrators say that thousands of students have seen the exhibition in New York City. At its first location in Madrid's Arte Canal Exhibition Centre in Spain, it drew a record 600,000 people and was extended twice.
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<strong>A remnant of Jewish life in Vienna: </strong>This dress belonged to a Jewish toddler named Gaby Klipper who lived with her family in Vienna in the 1930s. According to Vienna's <a href="https://www.bh.org.il/jewish-spotlight/austria/vienna/population/" target="_blank" target="_blank">Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot,</a> there were over 160,000 Jewish people living in the city before the war began. The population numbered around 4,000 at the war's end.
A remnant of Jewish life in Vienna: This dress belonged to a Jewish toddler named Gaby Klipper who lived with her family in Vienna in the 1930s. According to Vienna's Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot, there were over 160,000 Jewish people living in the city before the war began. The population numbered around 4,000 at the war's end.
David Varillas / Musealia
<strong>A sad discovery:</strong> Directors intended the first room in the exhibition, 'Encounter,' to replicate the shock and horror Russian soldiers may have felt when they first came upon the camp in January of 1945.
A sad discovery: Directors intended the first room in the exhibition, 'Encounter,' to replicate the shock and horror Russian soldiers may have felt when they first came upon the camp in January of 1945.
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<strong>A once peaceful town</strong><strong>:</strong> The Haberfeld factory in Oświęcim, Poland, had been in operation since 1804 and the owners were part of a vibrant Jewish community full of schools and several synagogues.
A once peaceful town: The Haberfeld factory in Oświęcim, Poland, had been in operation since 1804 and the owners were part of a vibrant Jewish community full of schools and several synagogues.
David Varillas / Musealia
<strong>The lost stories: </strong>The owner of these shoes, like many of the objects found at Auschwitz-Birkenau, may never be identified because large numbers of records and files were destroyed by SS soldiers as they abandoned the camp.
The lost stories: The owner of these shoes, like many of the objects found at Auschwitz-Birkenau, may never be identified because large numbers of records and files were destroyed by SS soldiers as they abandoned the camp.
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<strong>Taking in a massive site:</strong> This model shows the vast size and complexity of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Above it, a map explains the significance of the nearby railway line, which connected the complex to the rest of Europe.
Taking in a massive site: This model shows the vast size and complexity of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Above it, a map explains the significance of the nearby railway line, which connected the complex to the rest of Europe.
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<strong>The camp in Poland:</strong> The entrance to the gate in the first Auschwitz camp reads "Arbeit macht frei," translated as "Work sets you free."
The camp in Poland: The entrance to the gate in the first Auschwitz camp reads "Arbeit macht frei," translated as "Work sets you free."
Iciar Palacios / Musealia