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A timely New York exhibition immerses listeners in voices from the Holocaust

JL;DR SUMMARY The New York Historical's latest exhibition, "The Recordings: Voices from the Shoah Tapes," presents a visceral auditory experience that highlights the history and trauma of the Holocaust. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HolocaustHolocaust SurvivorsShoahHolocaust MemoryHolocaust HistoryHolocaust PerpetratorsJewish Museum BerlinClaude LanzmannNew York Historical

Places mentioned

New York, United States
"A new exhibit at the New York Historical, The Recordings: Voices from the Shoah Tapes, begins with a statement from Louise Mirrer, the Manhattan museums president and CEO."
Berlin, Germany
"they are being made public for the first time, with exhibitions opening simultaneously in Berlin and New York."
Poland
"Lanzmann was visiting Nazi killing sites in Poland for the first time"
Lithuania
"recordings show him pursuing leads in all directions the Vatican, American Jewish groups, Lithuania"
Israel
"The interviews were recorded in Poland, Lithuania, Israel, the United States places where survivors resettled and memories followed."
Washington, D.C., Washington DC, United States
"In 1979, Claude Lanzmann (right) interviews Tadeusz Pankiewicz, a Polish pharmacist who aided Jews in the Krakow ghetto, for the film Shoah. (US Holocaust Memorial Museum)"
Florida, United States
"And that is why so many people, including the people who were interviewed here, end up in Florida and California and New York City."
California, United States
"And that is why so many people, including the people who were interviewed here, end up in Florida and California and New York City."

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