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Sydney Jewish Museum

The Sydney Jewish Museum is a history museum located in the Sydney suburb of Darlinghurst. It showcases exhibits relating to the Holocaust, the history and achievements of Jewish people in Australia,[1] and issues of social justice, democracy and human rights in an Australian context. Emphasis is placed on documenting the lived experiences and individual stories of Holocaust survivors and Jewish-Australians, through the presentation of personal objects and testimonies.[2]

Sydney Jewish Museum
Sydney Jewish Museum with NSW Jewish Board of Deputies on the left of it
Sydney Jewish Museum is located in Sydney
Sydney Jewish Museum
Location within Sydney
Established18 November 1992; 31 years ago (1992-11-18)
Location148 Darlinghurst Road, Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates33°52′45″S 151°13′12″E / 33.879075°S 151.220017°E / -33.879075; 151.220017
TypeHolocaust museum
Public transit access
Websitesydneyjewishmuseum.com.au
The Holocaust exhibition

History edit

Prior usage of the site edit

The museum is housed in the historic Maccabean Hall, and was originally built to commemorate the contributions of the Jewish community from New South Wales who served in World War I.[3] This building was formally opened on Armistice Day 1923 by Jewish-Australian civil engineer and Australian Army commander General Sir John Monash. Before it was chosen as the location for the museum, it served as a hub for Jewish life in Sydney.[1][4]

Establishment edit

The Sydney Jewish Museum was established in 1992 by Holocaust survivors who came to Australia and was officially opened by Rear Admiral Peter Sinclair AC, the Governor of New South Wales, on 18 November 1992.[1] The museum was founded by the late John Saunders AO and members of the Australian Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors. Australia has a higher proportion of Holocaust survivors (per capita) than any country except Israel.[5][6][7]

Resource Centre and Library edit

The museum library was created from the entire collection of books donated by Australian Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors.[8] Since then, the Resource Centre and Library has grown to over 6000 volumes, journals, audio and videotapes, including over 2,500 personal testimonies of Holocaust survivors in Australia.[3] The centre is open to the public during museum hours and staffed by a librarian. The collection provides material for the exhibitions and covers a wide range of themes including antisemitism, war crimes, the holocaust in art and literature, and Australian Jewish history.[3]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Sydney Jewish Museum : a museum of Australian Jewish history and the Holocaust ; a publication to mark the opening of the Museum on 18 November, 1992 by His Excellency Rear Admiral Peter Sinclair AC, Governor of New South Wales". Catalogue. State Library of NSW. Archived from the original on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  2. ^ sjmadmin. "Our Story". Sydney Jewish Museum. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Sydney Jewish Museum". Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Australian Jewish community and culture". Discover collections. State Library of NSW. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Obituaries: John Saunders, AO". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 December 1997.
  6. ^ Joffe, Charmaine; Brodaty, Henry; Luscombe, Georgina; Ehrlich, Frederick (February 2003). "The Sydney holocaust study: posttraumatic stress disorder and other psychosocial morbidity in an aged community sample". Journal of Traumatic Stress. 16 (1): 39–47. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.486.4640. doi:10.1023/a:1022059311147. PMID 12602651. S2CID 26736396.
  7. ^ Paratz, Elizabeth D; Katz, Benny (21 February 2011). "Ageing holocaust survivors in Australia". The Medical Journal of Australia. 194 (4): 194–197. doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03771.x. PMID 21401461. S2CID 12959503. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  8. ^ Jacobs, Alan (August 1993). "From the Director's desk". The Sydney Jewish Museum Newsletter (2): 2.

Further reading edit

  • Sydney Jewish Museum : a museum of Australian Jewish history and the Holocaust ; a publication to mark the opening of the Museum on 18 November, 1992 by His Excellency Rear Admiral Peter Sinclair AC, Governor of New South Wales. The Museum. 1994.
  • "The Sydney Jewish Museum newsletter". The Museum (1993-2015). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • "Yearbook Sydney Jewish Museum". The Museum (2010-2015). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

External links edit

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