tooblue
04-01-2013, 12:49 PM
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/03/29/provocative-exhibit-at-german-museum-that-puts-jews-in-a-box-to-answer-visitors-questions-draws-criticism/
Provocative exhibit at German museum that puts Jews in a box to answer visitors’ questions draws criticism
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/03/31/berlin_jew_in_the_box_ehibit_stirs_controversy.htm l
Almost 70 years after the Holocaust, Jews have largely disappeared from German life, with a population of fewer than 200,000 among the country’s 82 million people. So, what better way to dispel myths and educate the public than placing a Jew in a glass box to answer questions? That is exactly what the Jewish Museum in Berlin decided to do as part of its exhibition “The Whole Truth... everything you always wanted to know about Jews.” And needless to say, people aren’t too pleased.
http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/the_slatest/2013/03/31/berlin_jew_in_the_box_ehibit_stirs_controversy/jew%20in%20the%20bo.jpg.CROP.article568-large.jpg
I have been to the Jewish museum in Berlin a couple of times. It is a fascinating place. There are heavily armed guards at the entrance. Here is a picture of me in one of the exhibits. It's a semi-hidden room you can only find by listening for the symphony of clinks and clanks as visitors walk on the metal faces. It's disconcerting:
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Provocative exhibit at German museum that puts Jews in a box to answer visitors’ questions draws criticism
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/03/31/berlin_jew_in_the_box_ehibit_stirs_controversy.htm l
Almost 70 years after the Holocaust, Jews have largely disappeared from German life, with a population of fewer than 200,000 among the country’s 82 million people. So, what better way to dispel myths and educate the public than placing a Jew in a glass box to answer questions? That is exactly what the Jewish Museum in Berlin decided to do as part of its exhibition “The Whole Truth... everything you always wanted to know about Jews.” And needless to say, people aren’t too pleased.
http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/the_slatest/2013/03/31/berlin_jew_in_the_box_ehibit_stirs_controversy/jew%20in%20the%20bo.jpg.CROP.article568-large.jpg
I have been to the Jewish museum in Berlin a couple of times. It is a fascinating place. There are heavily armed guards at the entrance. Here is a picture of me in one of the exhibits. It's a semi-hidden room you can only find by listening for the symphony of clinks and clanks as visitors walk on the metal faces. It's disconcerting:
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