For the thousands of Holocaust survivors who made their way to Melbourne, building and maintaining community was central to their new lives. For some, Melbourne provided them with the opportunity to reconnect with old friends and colleagues; for others, it allowed them to forge new connections. Central to so many of them was one particular location: a cafe on Acland street, where one could purchase Eastern European Jewish food, converse freely in Yiddish, Polish and Russian, and sit for hours on end. A moving tribute to the indomitable strength of our survivors, Arnold Zable’s Cafe Scheherazade, which explores in detail the rich history of this iconic establishment, is now celebrating 25 years in print. To mark this auspicious occasion, Melbourne Holocaust Museum is hosting a panel discussion in which the legacy of this cafe will be explored, and at which visitors will be able to celebrate its enduring impact.
This event will also feature a live reading, performed by Jim Daly.
Image | Survivors at Cafe Scheherazade c.1990s. Facing the camera is Mendel Goldberg. MHM 2095 / Moshe Fiszman Collection.
Arnold Zable is an acclaimed Australian writer, novelist, human rights advocate, and recipient of the 2021 Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature. His books include Jewels and Ashes, Café Scheherazade, The Fig Tree, Scraps of Heaven, Sea of Many Returns, Violin Lessons, The Fighter, The Glass Horse of Venice and most recently, The Watermill — a quartet of tales exploring themes of survival, humanity, and resistance spanning the globe. He has a doctorate from the School of Creative Arts, University of Melbourne, and in 2025 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Melbourne for services to literature, multiculturalism and human rights.
JIM DALY is a Green Room and Helpmann-awarded veteran of screen (100 credits) and stage (150+ plays) including La Mama (8:16 Vodka Syndrome), MTC (Arturo Ui), Malthouse (Macbeth – an Undoing), Belvoir (Natural Life), and national tours of Cosi and Hello, Goodbye, and Happy Birthday. A qualified teacher, Jim has Masters in Educational Administration and Applied Linguistics, and a PhD in theatre and performance, researching grotesque performance. He authored Scenes Seen: An Actor’s Life in Australia (2025).
Eva Zeleznikow is the Visitor Experience Manager at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum. She is the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors Avram and Masha Zeleznikow and will represent the third generation in this panel discussion.
Eva graduated with a Bachelor of Social Work with Honours from RMIT University in 2018. Her Honours thesis explored intergenerational Holocaust trauma among second- and third-generation survivors and its implications for social work. From 2018 to 2021, Eva worked as an Activities Facilitator and Social Worker at Jewish Care Victoria, where she worked closely with Holocaust survivors and developed programs that provided opportunities to share and preserve their life stories and experiences.
Eva recently completed an MA in Holocaust Studies at the University of Haifa in Israel. As part of her studies, she interned at the Ghetto Fighters’ House Museum and Yad Vashem’s International School for Holocaust Studies in Israel, and completed her final internship at the House of the Wannsee Conference, a memorial and educational site in Berlin.
Since the turn of the century, we have been talking about “the new antisemitism”, but since October 7 it has intensified and grown. Although we might call it “new”, the antisemitism we are experiencing has many features with long roots in history. In order to understand the newer elements, we must first identify the old. In this lecture, Dr Robert Rozett from Yad Vashem will explore the historical context to 21st century antisemitism, and provide necessary background to a deeper understanding of recent events.
Dr. Robert Rozett is Senior Historian Emeritus in the International Institute for Holocaust Research at Yad Vashem. He has been with Yad Vashem for over four decades and most saliently, served as Director of the Libraries for 25 years before entering the Research Institute. He has published books and articles about the Holocaust in Hungary, liberation and issues of holocaust distortion, among others. He has served as an adjunct at Yeshiva University, a member of Israel’s delegation to IHRA and is past Chair of the Academic Working Group in IHRA. He served as the historical consultant for the Echoes and Reflections educational program, and remains very involved in issues regarding contemporary antisemitism, on which he frequently lectures around the world. Dr Rozett is visiting Australia through the Mandelbaum Fellowship program.
Holocaust museums rely on artefacts to recount history in a tangible way. Physical objects draw audiences into deeper engagement with the past through the tactile nature of material history. In the process of collection, however, museum professionals often encounter jarring and strange items that allude to harrowing stories of trauma and loss.
In this conversation, Jayne Josem, former CEO and Curator of Melbourne Holocaust Museum, Shannon Biederman, Senior Curator at the Sydney Jewish Museum, and Dan Haumschild, Head of Exhibitions and Storytelling of Melbourne Holocaust Museum, share stories from their combined decades of experience. They will provide a window of insight about the most impactful items they’ve encountered and some of the most morally challenging ones as well. They’ll explore stories that have never been shared before and wrestle with the question of whether some items and histories might best be kept secret.
Former CEO and Curator, Melbourne Holocaust Museum
Jayne Josem is CEO of the Cranbourne Foundation, whose purpose is to advance and strengthen the Victorian Jewish community for generations. Jayne is currently scoping the landscape of community organisations working diligently to foster pride, connection and a sense of belonging in Jewish youth and young adults.
Former CEO of the Melbourne Holocaust Museum, Jayne was the recipient of the AMaGA Victoria Award for Excellence in 2022. Jayne spear-headed a substantial museum redevelopment project and was lead curator of the permanent exhibition Everybody Had a Name. Her work focussed on amplifying the voices of Holocaust survivors and sharing the MHM Collections widely for the purpose of broader civic education.
Senior Curator, Sydney Jewish Museum
Head of Exhibitions and Storytelling, Melbourne Holocaust Museum | PhD (Genocide Studies); MA (Comparative Literature); BS (Philosophy)
Aimed at workplaces, senior leaders and staff, The Space Between is an immersive learning experience that invites participants into the lives and stories of six Melbourne Jews, followed by a facilitated workshop designed to encourage meaningful dialogue and reflection.
The 90-minute program brings contemporary Jewish lived experience into the room through storytelling, conversation, and guided reflection. It is designed to be human, grounded, and participatory, while still being carefully facilitated and safe for open and respectful discussion.
At the heart of the experience are a series of immersive virtual reality films featuring six Australian Jews sharing their personal stories and experiences. These stories serve as a catalyst for a facilitated discussion exploring the human impact of antisemitism, reflective listening, and engaging with different perspectives. The workshop is designed to foster empathy, understanding, and constructive dialogue, equipping participants with practical approaches that can be applied in workplace settings.
While some Jewish people were able to practise their religion in secret during the war, many young people were forced to reject or hide their Jewish identity. This 90min program explores the nature of hiding, and the ways people sought to maintain or deny their Jewishness during the Holocaust.
Participants will engage with the experiences of Holocaust survivors and be inspired by their resilience. They will also discover how kindness from strangers changed the lives of many people.
Over the last few years, many people – both inside and outside the community – have questioned the degree to which education is the panacea we had hoped it would be. When the fabric of social cohesion is frayed, is education sufficient to repair it? More recently, as witnesses have taken the stand and shared their own experiences of antisemitism with the Royal Commission, some have asked about the role of Holocaust education in particular. The Melbourne Holocaust Museum was established with the intention that by teaching responsibly about the Holocaust, we might contribute to the creation of a society with greater empathy and celebration for difference. In this panel, join us as we explore the role of Holocaust education in the current climate: its goals, its challenges and its ultimate purpose.
Dr Breann Fallon
PhD (Genocide and Religion); BA (Hons I)
Dr Breann Fallon is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum.
Working across the museums, education and human rights sectors Dr Fallon is also the president of the National Education Network for the Australian Museums and Galleries Association and served as an expert on the 2023 federal senate inquiry into the national ban on Nazi symbols, which was ultimately successful.
Dr Fallon worked previously at the Sydney Jewish Museum and as an advisory board member for the Bulletin for the Study of Religions. She taught in the Studies in Religion department at the University of Sydney for over three years; her research interests include religion and violence, genocide, human rights, cinema, material religion, and gender, having published on all of these topics.
A regular in the media, Breann is the host of the documentary ‘Trafficked to Australia’, was co-editor of the podcast ‘The Religious Studies Project,’ and has hosted ABC Radio National program ‘God Forbid.’ She has also appeared on ABC Radio National programs ‘Religion and Ethics Report,’ and ‘Earshot’ among others.
Stephen Fraser
As Deputy Secretary, SEPS, Stephen leads policy and program development to improve learning and wellbeing outcomes for all students, regardless of their background.
Stephen has extensive experience in education policy making and implementation. He has held a range of senior roles in Victoria, including Regional Director for the South Western Victoria Region and Executive Director for Implementation. He has also served as a seconded senior advisor to the Victorian Minister for Education and Deputy Premier.
Following a long history in the Victorian Public Service, Stephen spent time in the UK, as Deputy Chief Executive for the Education Endowment Foundation, an independent charity dedicated to breaking the link between family background and educational attainment through the generation and use of high-quality evidence about what works to improve outcomes for students experiencing disadvantage.
Stephen holds a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science.
Mr Stephen Gniel
Mr Gniel joined ACARA in November 2023, bringing to ACARA a wealth of knowledge, expertise and experience in education having held senior leadership roles in both Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory in early childhood, schools and post school portfolios with both policy and operational priorities.
Stephen is a committed educational leader, having started his career as a primary school teacher and principal before moving into senior education system leadership roles. He is also the
immediate past national president and chair of the Australian Council for Educational Leaders, a
position he held for six years between 2016 and 2022.
Sofija Plavsic
Sofija Plavsic is a senior educator and the Year 10 Team and Curriculum Leader at McKinnon Secondary College. Now in her seventh year of teaching, Sofija specialises in VCE English (Units 1-4) and History (Units 1–2), with five years of dedicated experience in Holocaust education. She brings extensive expertise in senior curriculum design and guiding students through complex, sensitive historical narratives with critical thinking and empathy.
Memories are often felt before they can be articulated. Though frequently ineffable, they come to us as abstract images, dreams, or almost cinematic snapshots that flash before our mind’s eye. A memorial is intended to evoke this strange process of remembering, to generate a space and time of contemplation that allows us to build a new relationship to things at risk of forgetting. In this conversation, world-renowned artist Kathy Temin and award-winning architect Kerstin Thompson will consider the purpose, meaning, and importance of memorials in our time. Joined on stage by gallerist Anna Schwartz, this program will also provide exceptional insight about the enriching and challenging process of creating memorial works of art and architecture. This will undoubtedly be an evening to remember.
Please note this event may be recorded for our institutional archive, and photos may be used for marketing purposes.
Kerstin Thompson is Founding Principal and Design Director of Kerstin Thompson Architects (KTA), established in Melbourne, Australia 1994. A pracademic committed to practice and design-based research and education, she is an Adjunct Professor at RMIT and Monash Universities and Professor of Practice at Abedian School of Architecture, Bond University.
Kerstin has oversight across all projects undertaken by KTA, supported by a dedicated and skilled team. The design excellence of these has been awarded at national and international levels. In recognition of her work and contribution to the profession and tertiary education Kerstin was elevated to Life Fellow by the Australian Institute of Architects in 2017. In 2022 she was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) and in 2023, she was awarded the Gold Medal, the Australian Institute of Architects highest honour. In 2025 she was made an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
A passionate defender of civic space and advocate for extracting new life from our built heritage KTA’s portfolio encompasses projects diverse in scale and program. Key projects include Bundanon Art Museum & Bridge, awarded an RIBA International Award for Excellence in 2024; the Melbourne Holocaust Museum, the Eva & Marc Besen Centre, TarraWarra and Broadmeadows Town Hall.
Anna Schwartz AM has worked closely with leading Australian and international artists and has been committed to the development and promotion of contemporary art within Australian culture for more than forty years.
Having directed a private gallery in Melbourne since 1982, Schwartz has developed significant international projects, bringing renowned artists to an Australian audience, as well as supporting Australian artists in overseas endeavours. She has supported the acquisition of significant works by Australian and international artists in Australia’s most important collections, both public and private. Schwartz has represented eight artists in the Australian Pavillion at the Venice Biennale, the world’s most significant art exhibition, and numerous of her international artists have also exhibited.
In 2008, Schwartz opened a second gallery – Australia’s largest commercial space – in Sydney. Working as an ambitious project-based gallery Anna Schwartz Gallery Sydney challenged the distinction between the public and the private gallery. In 2016, the gallery evolved into a non-profit collaborative project, SCHWARTZ CARRIAGEWORKS, which contained to realise large scale commissions by international artists.
In partnership with Schwartz Media, Anna Schwartz Gallery has published landmark monographs under the Schwartz City imprint. Schwartz City realises substantial texts by leading writers on artists. Cultivating close ties between the Gallery, the imprint, and the broader arts industry, Schwartz supports Australian writers, fashion designers, performers and filmmakers, through ongoing dialogue and patronage.
The book, ‘PRESENT TENSE; Anna Schwartz Gallery & 35 Years of Contemporary Australian Art’ by Doug Hall, was published in 2018.
Anna Schwartz AM now operates Anna Schwartz Projects in Melbourne.
Experience and participate in The Space Between, as we demonstrate our new immersive workplace program that helps organisations move beyond compliance toward connection and understanding. Offered at no cost, spaces are limited.
Supported by the Victorian Government’s Multicultural Affairs portfolio and Monash University, the program invites participants to step into the lives of six Australian Jews.
Their stories aren’t about the past. They’re about now. Professionally facilitated, and offered at no cost, it provides a structured framework for dialogue and reflection on how we listen, lead, and make decisions at work, and in life.
The hope is that the change doesn’t just stay in the room. That participants step into the space between, see one another as human, and begin to bridge the distance silence creates.
The Space Between. Where understanding begins.
Museums are not just spaces for learning about the past, they are also centres for collaboration and engagement with issues that affect us in the present, and catalysts for change. They are places where memorial and remembrance intersect – where history is preserved, reflected upon and reinterpreted through objects, stories and artistic practice.
How can art facilitate this dialogue, and what responsibilities might it invoke? Join us for a fascinating conversation with world-renowned artist Kathy Temin and independent curator Esther Gyorki as we explore the role of museums as sites of remembrance and dialogue, and consider how contemporary art installations can activate these spaces to engage audiences with the past while prompting reflection in the present. This conversation will be moderated by MHM Head of Exhibitions & Storytelling, Dr Daniel Haumschild.
Please note this event may be recorded for our institutional archive, and photos may be used for marketing purposes.
We invite you to join us for the commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The theme this year is Bridging Generations, reminding us that the responsibility of remembrance does not end with the survivors; it lives on through their children, their grandchildren, and through all of us. ‘Bridging Generations’ is a call-to-action.
It invites us to engage actively with the past: to listen, to learn, and to carry those lessons forward. In doing so, we transform memory into responsibility, building a bridge between history and hope, between remembrance and action.
This year’s event we are pleased to have Holocaust survivor Joe Szwarcberg and his family on a panel discussion moderated by Dr Simon Holloway.
Experience a powerful evening of remembrance and reflection as grandchildren of Holocaust survivors bear witness to their grandparents’ testimonies- stories of courage, loss, and survival.
Hear from the following Futuregen share their grandparents’ stories:
Hear these moving testimonies while viewing the beautiful portraits of their grandparents, painted by artist Anita Lester in her evocative Special Exhibition Portraits of Survival. The series captures the humanity and resilience of those who lived through the Holocaust, offering a visual and emotional connection across generations.
Together, the testimonies and portraits create a profound intergenerational tribute to memory, identity, and the enduring strength of the human spirit.
The Warsaw Ghetto Museum is a historical museum in Warsaw currently under construction in the historic complex of the former Bersohn and Bauman Children’s Hospital. Set up in one of the most important surviving buildings of the Warsaw Ghetto, it will focus on the story of Europe’s largest ghetto and its inhabitants’ life and death. In order to tell their complete story, it will reach out to voices which we rarely hear: those of children, women, refugees and deportees, and other groups who were marginalised in the overall history of the ghetto. My lecture will discuss how we plan to achieve this and how the new Museum will fit in the memory landscape of today’s Warsaw.
Dr hab. Katarzyna Person is a historian of the Holocaust and Director of the Warsaw Ghetto Museum. She holds a PhD from the University of London and has received among others fellowships and grants from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Center for Jewish History in NYC, Yad Vashem, Mémorial de la Shoah in Paris, Wiener Wiesenthal Institut für Holocaust-Studien in Vienna. She also held the The Workers Circle/Dr. Emanuel Patt Visiting Professorship in YIVO Institute For Jewish Research in NYC. Katarzyna Person is the author of Assimilated Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto 1940-1943 (Syracuse University Press, 2014), Warsaw Ghetto Police: The Jewish Order Service during the Nazi Occupation (Cornell University Press in association with United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2021), Przemysłowa Concentration Camp. The Camp. The Children. The Trials (with Johannes-Dieter Steinert; Palgrave Macmillan 2023), and Polnische Juden in der amerikanischen und der britischen Besatzungszone Deutschlands, 1945–1948 (Harrassowitz Verlag, 2023). Her most recent book is The Hour of Revenge: Holocaust Survivors and Their Search for Revenge and Retribution (Toronto University Press, 2025) She headed the Full Edition of the Ringelblum Archive publication project at the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw for which she was awarded the 2024 Dan David Prize.
We are honoured to launch a new book by Carol Gordon and Gregoria Boursinos, which recounts the experiences of two sisters who survived the Holocaust under differing circumstances. Maria and Lola Seror were the sole survivors of their family, and their stories – told 70 years after the war – are a testament to their courage and resistance in the face of unendurable hardship. Carol and Gregoria will join Dr Simon Holloway in conversation, as they discuss the circumstances of Maria and Lola’s survival, and the Holocaust in Thessaloniki.
Carol Gordon is a Melbourne-based writer, filmmaker, and Holocaust educator.
Training as a film editor in South Africa and working in the film and television industry there for many years, Carol moved to Australia with her family in 1995. With a Degree in Teaching and an Honours Degree in Communication (Media Studies), Carol has completed several courses through the Australian Film, Television and Radio School. Devoting more than twenty five years to the research of the history of Greece’s Jewish communities and their near-destruction during the Holocaust, Carol continues on her mission to present The Shira’s Journey Project to local and international audiences of all ages, and sharing the all too unknown history of these once vibrant and dynamic communities.
Carol has written a screenplay which has been self-published as a book. The book, Shira’s Journey, is fiction but based on fact and real events.
Another element of The Shira’s Journey Project is a photographic exhibition for which Carol has written all the accompanying text. Working as a volunteer guide and Holocaust educator at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum, Carol has also helped to transcribe Survivor testimonies for the museum.
Gregoria Boursinos is a Greek Australian and holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree and a Diploma in Education from La Trobe University. Boursinos majored in World War II History and has always had a strong interest in Holocaust studies. She has completed a Holocaust course at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum and at the Yad Vashem School in Jerusalem. Gregoria met Maria and Lola at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum and knew immediately that she wanted to record their stories. Gregoria spent countless hours with the sisters, interviewing them, documenting their stories and doing research. When that was all done, Gregoria approached Carol Gordon to co-author the book with her.
In 1986, Australian journalist Mark Aarons produced an explosive radio documentary series that drew attention to the number of former Nazi war criminals living in Australia. This led to a parliamentary enquiry that resulted in the formation of Australia’s first Special Investigations Unit, directed by Graham Blewitt from 1991-1992. Professor Konrad Kwiet served as the chief historian for this unit as they excavated killing fields in Ukraine, and sought to prosecute war criminals here in Australia.
On November 19, Mark Aarons, Graham Blewitt and Konrad Kwiet will be in conversation at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum, speaking about the history of the Special Investigations Unit and their experience investigating Nazis in Australia.
This is in promotion of their new book, Nazis in Australia, which we will be selling on the night.
Mark is a former ABC investigative reporter. He is also the author of the definitive history War Criminals Welcome: Australia, a Sanctuary for War Criminals Since 1945.
Graham was the Special Investigations Unit’s deputy director (1988–1991) and director (1991–1992), and head of the War Crimes Prosecutions Support Unit (1992–1994). He was the deputy prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague (1994–2004).
Konrad is an historian of the Holocaust, currently serving as resident historian at the Sydney Jewish Museum. He was chief historical consultant to the Special Investigations Unit from 1988-1994.
Betty & Shmuel Rosenkranz Oration: Keeping Memory Alive – The Power of Music.
This year we are pleased to announce our Oration will be presented by Simon Tedeschi followed by a special performance of ‘Sarenka’ by Elena Kats-Chernin.
The MSO (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra) held the world premiere of Elena Kats-Chernin’s Sarenka Concerto on October 27 2023, at Hamer Hall in Melbourne. The concerto, a commission from the Weis Family, features solo violin and solo cello and explores the story of Sara Weis, also known as Sarenka.
Simon is one of Australia’s leading classical pianists, acclaimed for his performances across Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia. He has played for world leaders including President George W. Bush and the Dalai Lama, and won major awards such as Symphony Australia’s Young Performer of the Year, the Calibre Prize for essay writing, and the Centenary of Federation Medal.
A published author, his debut book Fugitive (2023) was shortlisted for prestigious literary awards. He has written for outlets like the Sydney Morning Herald, Seizure Magazine, and SBS Feast.
Tedeschi debuted at the Sydney Opera House at age nine and has performed at Carnegie Hall and with major orchestras in the US and Australia. He collaborates widely in chamber music and jazz, including with Andrew Haveron, Sally Walker, and Kevin Hunt, and holds a Master’s in Writing and Literature from Deakin University.
Elena is One of Australia’s foremost contemporary composers, Elena Kats-Chernin’s vibrant and distinctive music across all genres has reached millions worldwide, featuring at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, 2003 Rugby World Cup and 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, she has received numerous prizes including Helpmann, Limelight, Sounds Australian and Sydney
Theatre Awards, the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award and the 2022 Australian Women in Music Award (AWMA) for ‘Artistic Excellence’. Elena Kats-Chernin composed the music soundtrack to Oscar-winning director Adam Elliott’s multi-award-winning full length claymation film “Memoir of a Snail”, which won the top Cristal award for ‘Best Feature Film’ at the 2024 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, ‘Best film’ at the BFI London Film Festival, and was an official nomination in the 97th Academy Awards, the 82nd Annual Golden Globes, among many others. ‘Eliza Aria’ from ballet Wild Swans (choreographer Meryl Tankard) was made famous by British bank Lloyds TSB; Kats-Chernin’s ‘Sarenka’ double concerto premiered by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra was nominated for ‘Work of the Year’ in the 2024 APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards, and Elena was the highest voted Australian composer in the ABC’s Classic100 countdowns in both 2024 and 2025, as well as the most popular female composer.
Kats-Chernin writes for ballet, opera, theatre, television and the concert hall, with her music performed by all major orchestras in Australia, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Brandenburg Orchestra and Australian World Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra,
Deutsche Kammerorchester Berlin, City of London Sinfonia, BBC Orchestra, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, the North Carolina
Symphony and Luxembourg Philharmonie, as well as the opera houses of Antwerp, Stuttgart, and Berlin, and in festivals across the
USA, Europe, and Australasia. She has been a resident composer with Magdeburg and Bremerhaven theatres recently. She has collaborated with well-known artists such as Marin Alsop, Avi Avital, Michael Collins, Mahan Esfahani, Shobana Jeyasingh, Richard Tognetti, William Barton, Simone Young, and many more, with 2025 premieres in Australia, Luxembourg and Austria. Elena
collaborated for the first time with William Yang on his 2012 Sydney Festival project, ‘I am a camera’, joining forces once more for
the world premiere of ‘Milestone’ for Sydney Festival in 2025, AsiaTOPA, Brisbane and OzAsia Festivals. Elena Kats-Chernin’s music is published exclusively by Boosey & Hawkes, and recorded by Deutsche Grammophon and ABC Classics, and more.
Please join us for an intimate guided tour of our permanent exhibition, Everybody Had a Name.
When:
Everybody Had a Name will take you on a journey from life before the Holocaust, to the rise of Nazism and the outbreak of World War Two through to liberation and its aftermath. Throughout the exhibition the visitor will encounter incredible personal stories from those who survived and migrated to Melbourne, told through unique artefacts and engaging multimedia.
In partnership with Melbourne Jewish Book Week and The Jewish Quarterly we invite you to a compelling conversation with award-winning UK journalist Tanya Gold and Dr Daniel Haumschild, Manager of Exhibitions and Storytelling at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum.
In novels, film and popular culture, the Holocaust genre is booming. As Tanya Gold shows in this crucial Jewish Quarterly essay, however, the creators of these works all too often put the success of their product above the integrity of the story. Unfortunately, when creators engage in crass and self-serving exercises of exploitation, the results are shameful fictions that desecrate the past and misrepresent the Jewish people of today.
Tanya will join us virtually from the United Kingdom.
Please note this event may be recorded for our institutional archive, and photos may be used for marketing purposes.
Tanya Gold is an award-winning British freelance journalist. She writes for Harper’s magazine, The Spectator, the Jewish Chronicle and the New York Times. She won best feature writer at the British Press awards in 2010 and a Foreign Press Association award in 2015.
Dr. Dan Haumschild is the Manager of Exhibitions and Storytelling at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum and a Visiting Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies and Yeshiva University. After 20 years of teaching, museum work, and consulting, Dan’s favourite professional challenge revolves around creating meaningful experiences that invite people into a stronger relationship with the past, with one another, and with themselves. His ongoing research focuses on the relationship between public history, education, and political agency in communities recovering from mass atrocity.
In partnership with Melbourne Jewish Book Week and The Jewish Quarterly we invite you to a compelling conversation with award-winning UK journalist Tanya Gold and Dr Daniel Haumschild, Manager of Exhibitions and Storytelling at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum.
In novels, film and popular culture, the Holocaust genre is booming. As Tanya Gold shows in this crucial Jewish Quarterly essay, however, the creators of these works all too often put the success of their product above the integrity of the story. Unfortunately, when creators engage in crass and self-serving exercises of exploitation, the results are shameful fictions that desecrate the past and misrepresent the Jewish people of today.
Tanya will join us virtually from the United Kingdom.
Please note this event may be recorded for our institutional archive, and photos may be used for marketing purposes.
Tanya Gold is an award-winning British freelance journalist. She writes for Harper’s magazine, The Spectator, the Jewish Chronicle and the New York Times. She won best feature writer at the British Press awards in 2010 and a Foreign Press Association award in 2015.
Dr. Dan Haumschild is the Manager of Exhibitions and Storytelling at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum and a Visiting Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies and Yeshiva University. After 20 years of teaching, museum work, and consulting, Dan’s favourite professional challenge revolves around creating meaningful experiences that invite people into a stronger relationship with the past, with one another, and with themselves. His ongoing research focuses on the relationship between public history, education, and political agency in communities recovering from mass atrocity.