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The Szczuczyn exhibit, "Lives
Remembered -
A Shtetl Through a Photographer's Eye" opened June 7, 2004 in Warsaw at the museum of
The Jewish Historical Institute (Zydowski Instytut Historyczny). It
was a huge success, and is now touring throughout Poland. In 2005 it
will be shown in New Orleans and Houston.
There were 150
pictures chosen by the Institute for the display - over double the
size of the exhibit in New York. During its three month run it was
featured in the press and prime time television. I am now talking to
the Institute about donating the exhibit to them so they can tour it
to other places in Poland and Europe.
Over 85% of
today's Jews are descended from families in small towns like
Szczuczyn. This exhibit will show a new generation of people in Poland
a realistic look at Jewish life in these towns prior to the Holocaust.
And, I hope, it will help teach them about tolerance and put names and
faces on the victim of the Holocaust. For all of us, it is a memorial
to our ancestors who were part of life in Szczuczyn for over 300
years. The pictures cover the years 1895 to 1939.
Mike Marvins
(Zalman Kaplan's grandson) |
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