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finally Jewish renewal. As visitors
take this journey through Jewish his-
tory, they, in fact, "travel" from one
he trumpet sits in its own
level to another, starting on the
display case, its brass still
ground floor with the exhibit about
gleaming. Even though it
Jewish heritage, then going by escala-
is no longer used to create
tor to the second level, where the
bold and brassy sounds, it "sings" in
lighting dims as the mood darkens,
a different way. Its music now
preparing visitors for the grim
is the theme of survival and
and poignant journey through
The Mus eum the Holocaust.
continuity.
ofJewi sh
The trumpet was once
Then, on the third level, the
Herita
ge.
owned by a Jewish musician,
space is light and bright as
Louis Bannet, who was
the exhibits focus on Jewish
known in Holland as the Dutch
renewal, especially with Jewish life in
Louis Armstrong. When he was
the U.S. and Israel.
deported to Auschwitz, he brought
With this dual focus on past and
along his trumpet and played for
present, the Jewish Heritage Museum
three years in the Auschwitz-
is one in which the Holocaust is
Birkenau inmate orchestra. And •
placed within the larger context of
because of this, he was saved from
Jewish history and renewal. In this
the gas chamber.
way, it differs from other Holocaust
Now Bannet's life-saving trumpet
museums, such as the much larger
is on display in a new museum in
U.S. Holocaust Memorial in
Manhattan. Along with numerous
Washington, D.C.
other display materials, often highly
In all, the museum features some
personal, it helps to tell the story of
800 different artifacts. Many are
the Holocaust — and of Jewish sur-
accompanied by photos and explana-
vival — in an innovative way.
tory panels about the person who
Located in Lower Manhattan near
once owned a particular object. No
Battery Park, the Museum of Jewish
matter how simple the object, the
Heritage is a living memorial to the
personal history makes it distinctive
Holocaust. With its six-sided shape
to the visitor.
purposely designed to recall the six
For instance, there's the simple cot-
million Jewish victims of the
ton checkered dress, with girlish
Holocaust, as well as the Star of
puffed sleeves. This dress was hand-
David, the distinctive granite build-
made by Frania Bratt, who was a pris-
ing rises 85 feet into the sky. Just
oner at the Dachau concentration
beyond is the waterfront, with the
camp. To celebrate her liberation in
Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island vis-
May 1945, she made this dress to
ible in the distance.
replace her striped inmate uniform,
The museum is organized into
using fabric supplied by the U.S.
three major themes: Jewish life a cen-
Army. She later wore the dress on each
tury ago, then the Holocaust and
anniversary of her liberation. And

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