Exhibitions

Lives Lost, Lives Found: Baltimore's German Jewish Refugees, 1933-1945

Dates: March 14, 2004 through February 2005

Jewish Museum of Maryland, 15 Lloyd Street, Baltimore, MD

An exploration of the experiences of German Jewish refugees who settled in Baltimore during the Hitler period. The exhibition includes the story of the Baltimore chapter of the German Jewish Children's Aid (GJCA), under whose auspices 40 unaccompanied OTC children were placed with families in their city. The exhibition is accompanied by a full-length catalog which includes a chapter on the work of the Baltimore GJCA and the children they helped place in local foster homes. The exhibition is also complemented by educational programs for adults and students.

Buy the catalog.

Rescue of Jewish Children in Nazi Germany - Recha Freier and Kaete Rosenheim

Dates: September 28, 2004 through January 2005

“New Synagogue Berlin - Centrum Judaicum" Foundation, Berlin, Germany

OTC children who left Germany and their parents for other countries up until 1941 had their request processed by the office in Berlin run by Kaete Rosenheim, who actively worked with organizations across Europe and around the world to find havens for Jewish children. Rosenheim's work resulted in the rescue of over 600 OTC children sent to the U.S. Her story and that of Recha Freier, who saved thousands of children by arranging for them to be sent to Palestine, are told in this exhibition. The stories of five OTC children are presented with supporting artifacts.

NOTE: An excellent exhibition catalogue (in German), Aus Kindern Wurden Briefe, is available which includes reproductions of exhibition materials, scholarly papers and multiple photographs. Buy the book here or here.

A virtual tour of the exhibition is available on CD-ROM, entitled "Aus Kindern Wurden Briefe." To purchase contact  the New Synagogue Berlin - Centrum Judaicum at office@centrumjudaicum.de

Uneasy Years: Michigan Jewry During Depression & War

(A traveling exhibition available for rental and available for viewing online)

Originally held at Michigan State University Museum, this is now a traveling exhibition available for rental. 

Explores the dilemmas of Michigan Jews during Depression and WWII, at once increasingly at home in Michigan and the US, yet anxious amidst depression and rising anti-Semitism in the US, and the rise of Nazism, terror, and the war abroad. This exhibition, including three panels with photos and text which describe the experiences of three of the One Thousand Children®, are available for rental to appropriate venues.

Contact information for inquiries at museum.msu.edu/museum/tes