In sufferings and struggles / Jews from Brno inf fateful moment of the 20th century

From March 14 to August 25, 2012

The exhibition commemorates the victims of Jewish religion from Brno and surroundings. The visitor gets to know the destiny of individual people deported to extermination camps because of their origin during the nazi occupation. 

The first part of the exhibition depicts the life of Brno Jewish community in the early 20th century, paints the portrays of Jewish benefactors, industrials, politicians, artists, scientists or architects. The following part shows the beginning of antisemitist feelings in the Czech society till the end of WWI, and the beginnings of the Czech fascism during the so-called First Republic. 

Next sections are dedicated to the crisis of Munich, the cession of the borderlands to Germany and the foundation of the Second republic, followed by the occupation of the rest of the country by German troops and the start of the exclusion of Jewish population from the public life including mixed marriages and baptised Jews. The participation of Jewish volunteers in the struggle against the Nazis on the fronts of the WWII is shortly presented. 

The last part of the exhibition is dedicated to places of sufferings and death of Jewish citizens and cites the names of 11 041 deported victims from Brno and surroundings from whom only 1 033 survived the war. The exhibition will be closed by an audio-visual projection of the testimonies of Brno Jews having survived.