Local museum showcases personal artifacts from Holocaust survivors in ‘Stories of Survival’
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HOUSTON – Holocaust Museum Houston presents “Stories of Survival: Object. Image. Memory
,” a new exhibition showcasing more than 60 personal items brought to America by survivors of the Holocaust and other genocides. The showcase is available to view at 5401 Caroline Street through April 18.
“Stories of Survival” explores “the relationship between objects, their meaning to the original owner and subsequent significance, each artifact is dramatically paired with oversized photographs by renowned documentarian Jim Lommasson with handwritten responses by Survivors or their family members,” the museum announced in a press release.