{"id":1104,"date":"2019-11-21T07:02:38","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T12:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelastalbum.org\/content\/?p=1104"},"modified":"2025-08-18T15:07:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T20:07:35","slug":"november-december-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelastalbum.org\/content\/november-december-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"November-December 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This season has been marked by a number of events but the most significant of all involves (again) the personal photos found at Auschwitz-Birkenau. I gave a speech in November in NYC at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, in conjunction with Kristallnacht. There I highlighted the discovery of personal photos found at Auschwitz-Birkenau during liberation, and the stories behind the pictures that I\u2019ve researched in the 30+ years since I first saw them.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thelastalbum.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P4-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelastalbum.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P4-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/thelastalbum.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P4-853x1024.jpg 853w, https:\/\/thelastalbum.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P4-768x922.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelastalbum.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P4.jpg 1066w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Ann giving speech at Museum, with Statue of Liberty just out of sight<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Currently, the museum is hosting a monumental exhibit titled \u201cAuschwitz: Not Long Ago, Not Far Away\u201d, which first originated in Madrid in 2018. There its 6 month run was extended to a year, because of enormous crowds. Here in New York, the same incredible response to this not-to-be-missed exhibit has caused the same reaction. Just announced: The Museum of Jewish Heritage has just extended the Auschwitz exhibit for another six months; it will now be on view through next summer (it was scheduled to end in January).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thelastalbum.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P5-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelastalbum.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P5-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/thelastalbum.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P5-798x1024.jpg 798w, https:\/\/thelastalbum.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P5-768x985.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelastalbum.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P5.jpg 998w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Ann with Curator Robert Jan van Pelt, who created (with others) the exhibit \u2018Auschwitz: Not Long Ago, Not Far Away\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thelastalbum.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P6-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelastalbum.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P6-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/thelastalbum.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P6-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelastalbum.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P6-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/thelastalbum.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P6-rotated.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><br \/>\n<em> Spotlight on one pair of red shoes among thousands, that once belonged to Jews gassed in last days of Auschwitz-Birkenau, just before liberation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Note: There is more on display at this incredible exhibition, curated by Robert Jan van Pelt, than I have seen in all my visits to the actual Auschwitz in Poland! That should be reason enough to get yourself to 36 Battery Park and see it!<\/p>\n<p>I am wishing a Happy Holiday to you and yours,<\/p>\n<p>Ann<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This season has been marked by a number of events but the most significant of all involves (again) the personal photos found at Auschwitz-Birkenau. I gave a speech in November in NYC at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, in conjunction with Kristallnacht. 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