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"Chilling" Holocaust exhibition at
Donegal Museum
06.02.19
CURRENTLY on display in
Donegal County Museum is a poignant and chilling
photographic exhibition, ‘The Devouring’, which
depicts over 30 children who were killed during the
Holocaust.
The Holocaust is the term used for the murder of
around six million Jews by the Nazi regime during
the Second World War. It can also refer to the
orchestrated murder of other groups, including Roma,
disabled people, Soviet prisoners of war and
civilians, polish civilians, homosexuals, priests,
socialists, communists and trades unionists,
Freemasons and Jehovah’s Witnesses. The Roma refer
to this genocide as 'porrajmos', meaning
“devouring.” It is estimated that over 1.5 million
children were killed during the Holocaust. |
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'The Devouring' is currently on
display in Donegal County Museum, High Road,
Letterkenny and runs until this Saturday, 9th
February. |
The Devouring is a very
moving exhibition which offers an insight into some
of the stories of the children who were killed
during the Holocaust. It names and remembers some of
these lost children, including Suzanne Ledermann,
whose best friend was Anne Frank. Suzanne was killed
in Auschwitz in 1944.
Donegal County Museum encourages visitors to come
along and see for themselves not just a collection
of photographs of children but of stories of lives
brutally cut short, stories that never should be
forgotten. ‘The Devouring’ is an exhibition that
will wrench at your emotions, but is something you
must see. The exhibition runs until this Saturday,
9th February.
Admission is free and all are welcome. To arrange
group or class visits, please contact the museum on
074 91 24613 or email
museum@donegalcoco.ie . |
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