The Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine” has announced the opening of a temporary exhibition, “SOME WERE NEIGHBORS: CHOICE, HUMAN BEHAVIOR, AND THE HOLOCAUST,” created by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. (USHMM).
The exhibition opening will take place:
Date: April 19 (Sunday)
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Dnipro, 4/26 Sholem Aleichem Street, Menorah Center, Museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine.”
For inquiries: +38 050 452 21 63, +38 056 717 70 16.
Admission is free.
The organizers note: “The exhibition poses to visitors one of the most complex questions of 20th-century history: how was the Holocaust possible, and why did ordinary people turn into accomplices of crimes or remain indifferent bystanders? The exhibition goes beyond dry statistics, striving to focus on the human aspect, specifically the role of neighbors, colleagues, and acquaintances of genocide victims in the tragic events of the 1930s and 1940s.
Key questions of the exhibition:
What role did ordinary citizens play in strengthening the Nazi regime?
Why did some choose to help, while the majority remained silent?
How did the daily choices of individuals affect the fate of millions?
This exhibition is about the power of individual choice, which remains relevant in any era. Within the walls of the Dnipro Museum, the project takes on special significance, calling for reflection on the lessons of the past in the context of contemporary challenges.
We invite you to see history through the lens of human actions and to reflect on the lessons we are still learning. This is a manifesto of responsibility and reflection on where the line lies between passive observation and complicity in evil.”
