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Museum of Jewish History and Culture in Belarus

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The museum has several permanent exhibits that strive to present the history of Jews in Belarus, especially during the Holocaust. The main exhibits are accompanied by seasonal or rotating exhibits that cover topics from Belarusian synagogue architecture to daily life for Jews and Jewish partisans
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became the director of the museum. Thanks to the contributions of museum volunteers, over 10,000 artifacts have been collected. Most artifacts are ordinary objects; for instance, since many of the Jews who formerly lived in Belarus were craftsmen by trade, sewing machines and other means of
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In 1998, Inna Gerasimova created the first exhibit and began to gather material for future permanent exhibits. When she retired in 2012, she had collected a large volume of Jewish objects and artifacts, including photos, everyday utensils or items, documents, and religious books. In 2012,
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livelihood are on display. Many of them have stories associated with how they came to be at the museum, as is the case for a broken bottle that once held a message from Jewish partisans during the war.
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The museum, despite lacking accreditation and an advisory board, is nonetheless working to preserve the memory of the early Jewish communities in Minsk and narrate their story during
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Waligórska, Magdalena (May 2016). "Jewish Heritage and the New Belarusian National Identity Project".
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during World War II. A virtual tour of the museum is available
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Belarusian
Minsk
Belarus
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Minsk Jewish campus
World War II
Zaslaŭski Memorial
Jewish
Vadim Akopyan
in Russian
in English
The Holocaust in Belarus
List of Holocaust memorials and museums
"Gedenkstättenportal zu Orten der Erinnerung in Europa"
doi
10.1080/13501674.2015.1061969


"Jewish Belarus | BelarusDigest"


doi
10.1177/0888325415577861
"Museum of the history and culture of Jewish people"
Историческая мастерская
53°55′N 27°34′E / 53.92°N 27.56°E / 53.92; 27.56
Categories
Museums in Minsk
Jewish museums

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