Saratoga Springs, Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Libraries to Host New Exhibit About the Holocaust, Survival, and Resiliency
SARATOGA SPRINGS — During the month of February, The Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library will present a traveling exhibit, Messages From Survivors: One Family’s Holocaust Legacy. The exhibit will then travel to Saratoga Springs Public Library during the month of March.
The exhibit is built on 40 years of filming a family of Holocaust survivors in the Bronx, Miami, and a bungalow colony in the Catskills between 1962 and 2016.
In the exhibit, six short videos introduce the Holocaust through powerful personal stories of a family of Holocaust survivors. Six exhibit panels researched using the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s resources provide historical context for the video footage. The exhibit covers the family’s experiences from 1938 through the 21st century.
A feature of the exhibit is the use of QR codes to bring the Holocaust survivors’ voices directly into people’s lives, both onsite and at home. Take-home cards keep the story alive once visitors return home. Each card contains stories of family members–-some who survived and some who didn’t, along with QR code links to the videos.
The Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library will also present Never Forget: Conversations with a Holocaust Survivor at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 6. The live-streamed conversation hosted by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. will be followed by a live Q & A session. All ages are encouraged to attend and no registration is required.
Saratoga Springs Public Library will host two programs while the exhibit is on display during the month of March. A Child’s Memories of the Holocaust: A Conversation with Survivor Ivan Vamos on March 10 and a book discussion March 18 – Finding Kalman: A Boy in Six Million, with a viewing of the accompanying documentary. Finding Kalman is written by Roz Jacobs, creator of The Memory Project.
The Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library is located at 475 Moe Road in Clifton Park, and can be reached by phone at 518-371-8622 and online at www.cphlibrary.org.
The Memory Project Productions, Inc. creators of Messages From Survivors is a New York-based non-profit organization that creates exhibits and programs devoted to social justice, art and remembrance. Its exhibits have toured the U.S., Poland, and Hungary. Their award-winning film, Finding Kalman, has been broadcast nationally on PBS stations.