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Выставка в Еврейском музее и центре толерантности, приуроченная к празднованию 70-летия окончания Великой Отечественной войны, представит не столько рассказ о коллективном подвиге, сколько обратится к отдельным людям, приближавшим победу над фашизмом. Среди них – летчица Полина Гельман, единственная еврейка Герой Советского Союза; военный переводчик и писатель Елена Каган, входившая в группу поиска тела Гитлера; офицер Красной армии Александр Печерский, руководитель единственного успешного восстания в лагере уничтожения Собибор (Собибур); писатель Василий Гроссман, автор первых текстов о Холокосте и другие.
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RussianThe exhibition at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, timed to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the Great Patriotic War, will focus less on a collective feat than on individual people who helped bring victory over fascism closer. Among them are pilot Polina Gelman, the only Jewish woman awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union; military interpreter and writer Elena Kagan, who took part in the search for Hitler’s body; Red Army officer Alexander Pechersky, leader of the only successful uprising at the Sobibor extermination camp; writer Vasily Grossman, author of some of the first texts about the Holocaust; and others.
Thanks to close cooperation with the State Archive of the Russian Federation (GARF), the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art (RGALI), the Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History (RGASPI), as well as with the children and grandchildren of veterans, the exhibition has assembled a large body of documentary material. Among the exhibits is the manuscript of Vasily Grossman’s Life and Fate, one of the most powerful novels about the Second World War, which helps illuminate the context in which the tragedy of the past century unfolded.
A special place in the exhibition is given to photographs taken by Jewish photographers, including Emmanuil Evzerikhin’s Children’s Round Dance in Stalingrad and one of the best-known images that became a symbol of Victory — Yevgeny Khaldei’s Raising a Flag over the Reichstag, presented in several versions. The exhibition also includes famous Soviet wartime songs written by Jewish composers.
As part of the opening, the museum will present the first complete publication of Gelfand’s Diaries, prepared by the Jewish Museum’s Research Center. The diary of Sergeant, later Lieutenant, Vladimir Gelfand contains first-hand information about everyday life in wartime, conditions and customs in the rear and at the front, humiliations and deeply personal experiences. Of particular interest are Gelfand’s entries from his service in Germany in 1945-1946 and his impressions of German culture, everyday life and customs. The book will be presented by historian Oleg Budnitsky and Vitaly Gelfand, the diarist’s son.
Exhibition curator: Oleg Budnitsky.
Admission is free. 18+
The project was realized with the support of businessman Mikhail S. Gutseriev, founder of the SAFMAR Charitable Foundation.
The SAFMAR Charitable Foundation is one of Russia’s largest non-profit charitable organizations. Its founder is RussNeft Oil Company, headed by Mikhail Gutseriev, a well-known Russian entrepreneur and philanthropist.
The SAFMAR Charitable Foundation was established to carry out socially significant long-term projects in culture, the arts, education and spiritual enlightenment. Its programs are based on transparency, a clear strategy and consistency in implementation. In its work, the foundation draws on the strongest traditions of charitable practice in Russia. It supports a number of major charitable projects carried out jointly with well-known educational, scientific, museum and public organizations across the country.
