10/7 Nova Festival Survivors Tour the Museum with a Holocaust Survivor

For Nat Shaffir, Holocaust survivor and Museum volunteer, and these October 7 survivors, antisemitism shattered their worlds. They met for the first time in Washington, DC, in July 2025 during a tour at the Museum and later spoke at the Nova Music Festival Exhibition, which testifies to a horrific part of Hamas’s terrorist attack on Israel, the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust. Generations apart, the group stands as a stark reminder of the dangers of unchecked antisemitism and all forms of hate.

Holocaust Survivors, Museum Supporters Bear Witness at the Nova Festival Exhibition

Below from left, Museum Director Sara Bloomfield, Nova Festival survivor Noa Beer, and Holocaust survivor Nat Shaffir—a Museum volunteer—have a conversation following the tour at the Nova Festival exhibition: