"Remember the days of old; consider the years of many generations; ask your father, and he will show you, your elders, and they will tell you."
(Deuteronomy 32:7.)
RESPONSIBILITY
Creating the museum is a great challenge and an important task
Our primary target audience is Hungarian youth
For most of them this is their first encounter with Judaism
AUDIENCE
JEWS
TELL THEIR
OWN STORY
OWN
This is an extraordinary opportunity
for the Jewish community
to create their own Holocaust museum
A UNIQUELY
AUTHENTIC
HISTORICAL LOCATION
JÓZSEFVÁROS RAILWAY STATION
was a starting point
of the last deportations
17,000 m2
designed by
architect Attila F. Kovács
abstract representation
of events 80 years ago
The House of Fates building is an
Contemporary
architecture
museum, exhibition space,
educational and cultural center
In partnership with internationally acclaimed historians and world-famous experts of exhibition design and development, we are creating one of Europe's most extraordinary museums of the Holocaust and Jewish history
YITZCHAK
MAIS
GYÖRGY
HARASZTI (1947-2023)
ESTHER
FARBSTEIN
DAVID
MARWELL
300-METER WOOD FURNITURE PIECE
TIMELINE OF THE NARRATIVE
Etz Hayim (Tree of Life) represents the rollers of a Torah scroll and is also a metaphor for the decimated
but surviving Jewish community
UNIVERSAL VALUES
PRESENTED BY USING PERSONAL,
HUMAN STORIES
The "Etz Hayim - Tree of Life" exhibition focuses on individuals
THE FIVE BASIC NARRATIVE TOOLS
1
historical context
2
emotional engagement
3
personalizing the story
4
the Jewish perspective
5
up-to-date language
THE FIVE BASIC NARRATIVE TOOLS
1. HISTORICAL CONTEXT
The history of Hungarian Jewry in the modern era
From the period of Jewish emancipation
to the present
International context
Wooden furniture piece: The timeline of the exhibition and the symbol of the Tree of Life
73 stations – starting and ending at the present time
Unique artifacts, documents, garments
2. EMOTIONAL ENGAGEMENT
Presenting universal moral values
Thematic rooms
Touching and inspiring human stories
Experiencing history
3. PERSONALIZING THE STORY
Voices from today – speaking about the past
Stories of survivors
Individuals in focus
Stories of those who saved others
4. THE JEWISH PERSPECTIVE
Jews are presented as a community of values, not as helpless victims
Fundamental values of our civilization
Jewish achievements in the modernization of Hungary
Great personalities that shaped Hungarian culture
5. UP-TO-DATE LANGUAGE
State-of-the-art museum technology
The exhibition becomes an experience
Asking questions via the internet
Cognitive and emotional content ideally balanced
The exhibition offers three possible routes to facilitate the engagement of every visitor
