Special Exhibitions
Against All Odds: a Two-Part Exhibition Exploring the Lives of Resistance Fighters During the Holocaust
September 19, 2010 – January 3, 2011
Courage and Compassion: The Legacy of the Bielski Brothers
In 1941, the Nazis initiated their murderous campaign against the Jews of Belarus. Three brothers, Tuvia, Asael, and Zus Bielski, refused to become victims and courageously fought back. They escaped to the forest and began rescuing relatives, friends and even complete strangers. Because of this compassion, over 1,200 Jews survived the Holocaust. Their story has been chronicled in Courage & Compassion: The Legacy of the Bielski Brothers, an original exhibition created by the Florida Holocaust Museum to coincide with the release of the feature film on the Bielskis, Defiance, directed by Ed Zwick.
This unique exhibit begins with an overview of the Bielski family and Jewish life in Belarus, and then recounts the brothers' escape and the formation of the Bielski partisan detachment. The exhibition outlines the rescue of thousands of Jews from the surrounding area and ghettos, the story of the longest escape tunnel ever built, the group's establishment of a small community in the forest, and their courangeous acts of sabotage against the Nazis. The exhibition features text and graphic panels, personal artifacts from the Bielski partisans, and presentations of Survivor testimony.
Courage and Compassion: The Legacy of the Bielski Brothers organized by the Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida.
Pictures of Resistance: The Wartime Photographs of Faye Shulman
Born in Poland in 1924, Faye Schulman received her first camera from her brother when she was 13. It was that camera that ultimately saved her life and later allowed her to document Jewish partisan activity.
From 1942-1944, Faye Schulman was a member of the Russian Moltava Brigade, whose encampment was near her hometown. In addition to serving as a doctor's aide, Schulman also took photographs, developing and printing the two-inch negatives beneath blankets in the forest. She is the only known Jewish photographer to capture on film Jewish partisan resistance during the Holocaust.
Pictures of Resistance: The Wartime Photographs of Jewish Partisan Faye Schulman curated by Jill Vexler, Ph.D. Travelling exhibit produced by the Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation. This exhibit made possible by Thomas and Johanna Baruch, the Epstein/Roth Foundation, the Purjes Foundation, the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, the Taube Foundation for Jewish Life and Culture, the Koret Foundation, the Holocaust Council of UJA MetroWest, and Diane and Howard Wohl.
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Group of men, women and children from the Bielski family camp.Courtesy of J. Kagan’s Archive.
Faye Schulman with partisans, courtesy of Second Story Press and JPEF.
Upcoming Special Exhibitions
Torn from Home
September 17, 2011 – January 5, 2012
Today, more than 30 million people around the world have been displaced due to war and violence. Of that number, nearly 10 million refugees are children. Through this inspiring, hands-on journey, visitors of all ages can explore what it means to be a refugee, and better understand their hardships and hope for a brighter future.