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choices and dilemmas they faced, the loss of home and identity and
the adjustment to a new life, the gradual process of integration and
acceptance, and the establishment of new roots, both in the personal
and the professional and social spheres. Refugee life in the post-war
decades is reflected in everyday detail in the displays, as is its impact
on the host society and culture. The exhibition closes with a section
on the German-Jewish heritage today.
It will feature a recontruction of one of the most famous refugee
meeting places, the Cosmo Restaurant on �inchley Road, and an
enlarged map of the �inchley Road with details of the many refugee
locations situated in the area. There will also be filmed interviews
with some of the ‘Continental Britons’, among the better known
being Lord Moser, Lord Brainin, Andrew Sachs, and Judith Kerr.
These will enable visitors to encounter the stories of individual
refugees and to gain a sense of their identity today. Displays of books
and works of art by refugees will convey something of the cultural
riches that they created.
A substantial and wide-ranging programme of events, some held
in conjunction with institutions like the Wiener Library, the London
Jewish Cultural Centre, and the Refugee Council, has been arranged
to accompany the exhibition. These also include a number of lectures
covering many facets of refugee experience and achievement, two
concerts at the Wigmore Hall, two book launches, and two one-day
conferences.
�or further information please contact the Jewish Museum,
129–131 Albert Street, London NW1 7NB, tel. 020 7284 1997.
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