The Formal Opening Of The Exhibition: Jews During The Great Patriotic War

November 23, the formal opening of the exhibition: Jews During the Great Patriotic War was carried out at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center with the auspices of SAFMAR Charity Fund.

The exhibition is occasioned with the 70th anniversary of the Victory, it presents unique archival photos, documents, letters and personal belongings of the people who hastened the victory over Fascism. Special attention was paid to the photos taken by the photographer-Jews such as Children’s Round Dance in Stalingrad by Emmanuel Evzerkhin and one of the most famous photos, which became the symbol of the Victory, the Victory Banner Over Reihstag by Yevgeny Khaldei.

Sergey Ivanov, Kremlin Chief of Staff, Alexander Boroda, the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center Director General, Berl Lazar, the chief rabbi of Russia, Victor Vekselberg, the Chairman of the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center Board, and Oleg Budnitsky, the exhibition curator, opened the exhibition.

During the opening ceremony Sergey Ivanov, Kremlin Chief of Staff, said: ‘I am sure the exhibition will become, in fact, it has already become, a remarkable event in the cultural and public life of our country and another important step needed to keep the truth about the Great Patriotic War.’ ‘The most important things are the personal photos, letters which were saved. Such exhibit items are always perceived with strong and deep feelings, more emotionally,’ – Sergey Ivanov shared his impressions after he visited the exhibition.

Alexander Boroda, the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center Director General, described the plans of the Museum: ‘I hope the exhibition: Jews During the Great Patriotic War will become the first exhibition in our Museum dedicated to the history of different nations which lived in the USSR during that terrible period. In future we plan to organize a series of exhibitions which will tell about representatives of other nations of our country as well: about their lives, families, heroes and stories.’

‘The exhibit items of the exhibition: Jews During the Great Patriotic War present only a small part of very important information which this generation should keep and pass it down to the next generation,’ Victor Vekselberg, the Chairman of the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, said.

The project is realized with support of M.S. Gutseriev, the businessman and founder of SAFMAR Charity Fund.

As reference:
SAFMAR Charity Fund is among the largest noncommercial charity organizations of Russia. The founder of the fund is AO NK RussNeft which is headed by Mikhail Gutseriev, a famous Russian entrepreneur and art patron.

SAFMAR Charity Fund is founded to realize socially important long lasting projects in the sphere of culture, art, education and spirituality development.

The Fund program corresponds to the criteria of transparence, precision of strategy and consistency of realization. When carrying out its activities the Fund relies on the best traditions of the Russian practices in the sphere of benevolence. The Fund supports several large-scale good-will projects carried out together with many famous educational, scientific, museum and non-governmental organizations of Russia.