New Life exhibition opening

May 5 at 6 p.m.

The Auschwitz Jewish Center (AJC) has created a new photographic exhibition about Holocaust survivors from Oświęcim, Poland who live in Israel today.
Entitled New Life, the exhibition illustrates the continuation of Jewish life after the Holocaust in the context those who found a “new life” in Israel.
Through images and testimony, New Life tells the powerful story of the triumph of life in the face of overwhelming devastation. 
The exhibition presents 19 contemporary photographs of Jews born in Oświęcim who are now living in Israel with their descendants.  The photographs are accompanied by text panels with personal stories of survival, the subjects’ return to Oświęcim after the Holocaust, and life in Israel. 
A documentary film with former Jewish residents of Oświęcim, along with theirchildren and grandchildren, expressing their feelings about their hometown, Poland, and life in Israel is also featured in the exhibit.
To see trailer of New Life please click                               http://www.vimeo.com/4168210
New Life is also available online at www.new-life-exhibit.com

Former residents of Oswiecim Adela Huppert and Wiktor Borger with their children will be special guests of the official opening on Tuesday, May 5 at 6 p.m.

Photos from the opening of New Life with survivors from Israel

The project has been supported by a generous grant from the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance, and Research as well as the Embassy of Israel in Warsaw, US Consulate General in Krakow, German Consulate General in Krakow, Town of Oswiecim, Oswiecim County and Nicromet Polska.