The Lake Havasu Historical Museum will launch tonight what the museum’s executive director, Gillian Usher, calls “understated but powerful.”
Through the Eyes of Youth: Life and Death in the Bezin Ghetto tells the story of eight young people growing up in the Polish ghetto, tracing their experiences before, during and after the Holocaust.
“(This exhibit) tells a very powerful story about a time when they found peace and resilience in the midst of such difficult conflicts as they were trying to survive as teenagers and adults,” said Usher. Told.
This exhibit was loaned to the Lake Havasu City Museum by the Martin-Springer Institute of Northern Arizona University, an organization dedicated to Holocaust education. Institute founder Doris Martin is one of his eight young people whose experiences are featured in the exhibit, and Martin’s memoir “Kiss Every Step” is now available for purchase. Become.
Usher said “Through the Eyes of You” will run until April at the museum, and middle school students from local schools such as Thunderbolt will take excursions to the museum to see the exhibits.
Bjorn Krondorfer, director of the Martin-Springer Institute, was scheduled to attend tonight’s opening ceremony, but had to cancel due to weather in Flagstaff. Usher says Krondorfer’s trip and scheduled lecture at his community college in Mojave has been rescheduled for his March.
Through the Eyes of Youth: Life and Death in the Bezin Ghetto opens tonight at 6pm at the Lake Havasu Historical Museum, 320 London Bridge Road. The opening is free for educators and museum members, and by donation for members of the public.
