Emotions felt, tears shed at “Auschwitz — Not Long Ago. Not Far Away” exhibit in March at Reagan Library.
His voice wavers between anger and frustration. Didn’t we learn anything from the Holocaust, he asks? Wasn’t the world shocked and sickened enough to never let anything like that happen again?
“Even our title is a scandal because it’s saying ‘Not long ago, not far away.’ We should live in a world where Auschwitz is far away and long ago. Where it’s ancient history and should have repulsed people enough that the world would never go near that again.Michael Berenbaum’s, the traveling exhibition, “Auschwitz – Not Long Ago, Not Far Away.”
Michael Berenbaum’s, the traveling exhibition, “Auschwitz – Not Long Ago, Not Far Away.” Steel door of a crematorium oven. Michael Berenbaum’s, the traveling exhibition, “Auschwitz – Not Long Ago, Not Far Away.” Suitcases taken to Auschwitz by deportees. “Unfortunately, we live in a world where the Holocaust has become more relevant with time, not less. So, we had to create something that was timeless and, unfortunately, provocatively timely,” he said.
“We were certain it was going to mean something to the Jewish community, but how was it going to play in Kansas? If it played there, it was of interest everywhere.”
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