Stories of Soviet Jewish Soldiers Featured in New Holocaust Memorial Center Exhibit
'Lives of the Great Patriotic War' remains on display through Jan. 27 at the Farmington Hills museum.
Learn the stories of Soviety Jewish soliders who served during World War II in a new exhibit on display at the Holocaust Memorial Center (HMC) in Farmington Hills. Open now through Jan. 27, 2013 “Lives of the Great Patriotic War" details the largely unknown chapter of Jewish history – the participation of 500,000 Soviet Jewish soldiers in the fight against the Nazis. According to an HMC press release, the exhibit is presented in cooperation with The Michigan Association of Russian Speaking Jewry in America. The soldiers' stories are told through wartime diary and letter excerpts, reproductions of archival photographs and documents and oral testimonies. The free standing exhibit details the overall story of Soviet Jewish participation in …
