OUT OF THE SHADOWS
Jewish Historical Museum
The overview exhibition ‘Wie niet weg is is gezien’ (Out of the Shadows), was on show at the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam from 30 November 2010 until 8 May 2011. The exhibition explored the diversity of Jewish Holland after World War II through images, sound, film fragments, interviews and more.
- Location
- Amsterdam (NL)
- Client
- Jewish Historical Museum
- Year
- 2010
Judaïsm in The Netherlands after WWII
Subjects are the return after the war, emigration, the processing of the misery suffered, the picking up of connections with non-Jewish surroundings and new trajectories within Jewish society. How did Jewish people pick up their lives again in the first decades after the war? What were the key events? And how did the community come to flourish again?
Rich, multi-layered images of personal and public moments of joy and mishap were combined with international influences and migration, and the differences in perception within and outside the community. Where does it jar? What makes people proud and what is painful? Which topics are subject of public debate – and which ones are rather discussed among friends and family? The exhibition aimed to both surprise and provoke a sense of recognition. The visitor encountered many more or less well-known people from different generations in interview and film fragments, all with their personal stories and properties. Many of the objects had been selected specifically for the exhibition and were shown for the first time.
The challenge in designing this exhibition was to turn this multi-layered and complex subject into an appealing experience for a broad audience.
Three-part collage
