Spotlight Exhibit — Hagadah shel Pesaḥ le-zekher ha-Shoʼah - Pessach Haggadah in memory of the Holocaust
102 Hesburgh Library, Rare Books & Special Collections
In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah), the spotlight exhibit presents three leaves from a special limited illustrated edition of Pessach Hagaddah, a Jewish ritual text used during Passover family meal. This copy was commissioned by the Wolloch family in memory of six million Jewish people who perished in Europe during the Holocaust. The traditional text is accompanied by Holocaust images connecting this ancient story of suffering and redemption with the atrocities inflicted upon Jewish people by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. The portfolio was donated to the Hesburgh Libraries in 2021.
This exhibit is curated by Natasha Lyandres, Russian and East European Studies Curator. This and other exhibits within the Hesburgh Libraries are generously supported by the McBrien Special Collections Endowment.
All exhibits are free and open to the public during business hours.
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Monday, April 17, at 4:00pm, in 102 Hesburgh Library, Rare Books & Special Collections
Rare Books and Special Collections with support from the Nanovic Institute for European Studies presents an academic lecture in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day 2023.
The lecture is presented by Daniel H. Magilow, Professor of German in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Co-Editor-in-Chief of Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
