Another stage of the “Spaces of the Holocaust” project is behind us. After we went to the German and Dutch museums in April and May, and presented our outdoor exhibition in both countries, now it came the time for a revisit of our partners to Poland.

This week we welcomed them in Lublin to explore the World War II history of our region. Together we discovered the history of the city – its architecture, culture, and legacy. In the following days we described the history of the three camps, where today there operate memorials we are responsible for as the State Museum at Majdanek.

That exceptional meeting gave everyone an opportunity to discuss the activities of museums in Poland, Germany and the Netherlands, as well as the contemporary challenges we face, and the project we will be able to run jointly in the future. The issues related to exhibitions design and everyday work with artefacts had a special place throughout our dialogue.

We give thanks to the project participants from the following institutions:

Anne Frank House
Bergen-Belsen Memorial
Camp Westerbork Memorial Centre
Foundation Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
German Museum of Technology in Berlin
House of the Wannsee Conference
Jewish Cultural Quarter in Amsterdam
National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam

The museum professionals exchange programme helped us establish cultural dialogue and cooperation towards international remembrance. It was held as part of the “Spaces of the Holocaust: Majdanek, Bełżec, Sobibór” project held within the Young People Remember Programme, which is financed by the German Federal Foreign Office and the EVZ Foundation.