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Towards restauration – the hope if restoring the old synagogue in Calmeyers gate 15b, to a whole museum and cultural center
The women's gallery in the synagogue – as it may once have appeared. Illustration by interior architect Hans Christian E. Thomassen, 2013.
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Towards restauration – the hope if restoring the old synagogue in Calmeyers gate 15b, to a whole museum and cultural center

The Oslo Jewish Museum is located in an old synagogue built in 1921. Where there used to be a woman’s gallery, a new floor was added many years ago. Now, the museum shares the building with six music…

Oslo Jewish Museum
Previously unknown Photographs of Jewish Residents of Oświecim during the German Occupation have been added to the Collection of the Jewish Museum
A view of the castle hill and the bridge over the Soła River under construction, which was previously destroyed as a result of war (c. 1940).
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Previously unknown Photographs of Jewish Residents of Oświecim during the German Occupation have been added to the Collection of the Jewish Museum

At the end of 2023, the Oshpitzin Jewish Museum in Oświęcim (part of Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation) acquired nearly 120 original negatives from the World War II era. Among these, several depict Oświęcim and its residents during the…

Oshpitzin Jewish Museum in Oświęcim (Auschwitz)
Uncharted Streets: Kurt Hutton, Bill Brandt, Edith Tudor-Hart, Charlie Phillips, Markéta Luskačová Photographs from the Hyman Collection
Charlie Phillips, Tavistock Square, Notting Hill, 1965 Vintage Gelatin Silver Print © Charlie Phillips
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Uncharted Streets: Kurt Hutton, Bill Brandt, Edith Tudor-Hart, Charlie Phillips, Markéta Luskačová Photographs from the Hyman Collection

Curated by the Ben Uri Gallery and Museum and the Centre for British Photography, Uncharted Streets: Photographers from the Hyman Collection presents five photographers who were born outside the UK but have been central to the development of…

Ben Uri Gallery & Museum
Remembering the Norwegian Jewish victims of the Holocaust on the 26th of November
Picture from this year’s event: Mats Tangestuen from the Oslo Jewish Museum in conversation with the two authors Hilde Vesaas. ©Oslo Jewish Museum
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Remembering the Norwegian Jewish victims of the Holocaust on the 26th of November

Since 2005, the Oslo Jewish Museum has arranged commemoration events every year on the 26th of November, on the day D/S Donau left Oslo with 529 Jewish prisoners being sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau. The largest group of Norwegian Jews…

Oslo Jewish Museum