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Curated by Deobrah Dash Moore and Louis Kaplan
Activity Type:
Exhibit
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Date:
Thursday, October 23, 2025 - 17:30 to 19:30
Event Status:
As Scheduled
Location:
American Jewish Museum, JCC of Greater Pittsburgh, 5738 Forbes Ave, Pgh, PA 15217
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Contact Phone:
412-697-3231
Contact Email:
mhiller@jccpgh.org
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Cost:
Free (RSVP's are encouraged)
This powerful exhibition features 36 striking images that trace the remarkable journeys of eight European photographers who, facing Nazi persecution in the 1930s and ’40s, used their cameras as tools of escape, survival, and reinvention.
Curated by:
Deborah Dash Moore
Jonathan Freedman Distinguished University Professor of History & Judaic Studies, University of Michigan
Louis Kaplan
Professor of History and Theory of Photography and New Media, University of Toronto
Exhibition will be on view from August 20, 2025-Jan 30, 2026
UCIS Unit:
European Studies Center
Other Pitt Sponsors:
Jewish Studies Center
Film and Media Studies
Horror Studies Program
Non-University Sponsors:
JCC Pittsburgh (American Jewish Museum)
CMU Jewish Studies
The Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh
University of Michigan
Is Event Already in University Calendar?:
No