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SPECIAL EXHIBITION

Free to the public for the first time, Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. opens January 4, 2027. Reserve your tickets now.

One Survivor, Two Identities: The Kurt Lewin Collection

Kurt Lewin, son of the chief rabbi of Lvov, survived the Holocaust by hiding as a young monk. As archivist Rebecca Erbelding explains, the collection of documents Lewin donated to the Museum is rare in its ability to show the changing identities of a person before, during, and after being in hiding.