Aviva/Lilah Hadassah Shanghai: Safe Haven During the Holocaust

January 30, 2022 @ 11:00AM — 1:00PM Central Time (US & Canada)

Join Aviva/Lilah Hadassah for this in-person event on a docent-led tour of the Illinois Holocaust Museum's exhibit, Shanghai: Safe Haven During the Holocaust. This special exhibit sheds light on the lesser-known moment in Holocaust history when European Jews, who had been trying to escape Nazi persecution, found a beacon of hope in an unlikely place: Shanghai, China. In 1946, American photojournalist Arthur Rothstein began a project documenting the lives of Jewish refugees, who called Shanghai’s Hongkew District “home.”

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The exhibit, which highlights Rothstein’s photographs and features artifacts from local Holocaust Survivors, is a tribute to human endurance, capturing both the enormous hardship and fierce perseverance of refugees and their families as they managed to not only survive, but thrive, in Shanghai. Following the exhibit, we will hear from Our member, Sharon Pitluk Silver, hidden child during the Holocaust. We will end the tour with an amazing holographic AI (artificial intelligence) conversation with a survivor.
Everyone is welcome! Event Chair: Deanna Silver Jacobson.

*Proof of COVID-19 vaccination status is required to attend this event. Please have your vaccination card with you or on your smartphone. You will be required to show it in order to enter. You will also be required to sign a Hadassah waiver form at the time of entry. Wearing a mask is required to attend this event. For everyone’s health and safety, there will be no exceptions to this policy.