December 16, 2008 - January 30
2009 BESA: Albanian Muslims Who Saved Jews in WWII
Photographs by Norman H. Gershman

Through subtle portraiture and personal stories by rescuers, photographer Norman H. Gershman is able to communicate the honor, faith and altruism of Albanian Muslims who saved Jews during the Holocaust.  The exhibition was first honored at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem and the United Nations and now comes to us from Hebrew Union College in New York.

April 2 – May 31, 2009
SMALLEST WITNESSES:
The Crisis in Sudan Through Children’s Eyes

In early 2005, Human Rights Watch investigators traveled to camps along Chad-Sudan border housing refugee men, women and children from Darfur. The purpose of the investigation was to examine the consequences of sexual violence on refugees as part of the conflict. During interviews with these refugees, Human Rights Watch investigators gave children paper and crayons to keep them occupied while they gathered testimony from the children’s parents and caregivers. [HRW literature]

SMALLEST WITNESSES consists of the drawings made by these children that show the chaos and conflict in their villages.  Also known as “Darfur Drawn,” this display will be at the Holocaust Museum to spotlight the on-going genocide in Darfur, Sudan.
Thursday, April 2, 7:00 pm           
Please join us for the opening reception for Smallest Witnesses.  Reservations are required as space is limited.  Call the Museum to reserve your seat.  239-263-9200

Taha, age 13 or 14, North Darfur
“In the afternoon we returned from school and saw the planes. We were all looking, not imagining about bombing. Then they began the bombing. The first bomb [landed] in our garden, then four bombs at once in the garden. The bombs killed six people including a young boy, a boy carried by his mother, and a girl. In another place in the garden a woman was carrying her baby son, she was killed, not him.”