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Sunday to Thursday: ‬09:00-17:00

Fridays and Holiday eves: ‬09:00-14:00

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Spots of Light: To Be a Woman in the Holocaust

The exhibition gives an expression to the unique voice of Jewish women in the Holocaust: their choices and responses in the face of the evil, brutality and relentless hardship that they were forced to grapple with.

Women and children during the deportation of the Jews of Szydłowiec and the vicinity, Poland, to the Treblinka extermination camp, 23 September 1942
Women and children during the deportation of the Jews of Szydłowiec and the vicinity, Poland, to the Treblinka extermination camp, 23 September 1942

Yad Vashem Collections

ready2print exhibition "Spots of Light: To Be a Woman in the Holocaust" displayed at the Berlin Story Bunker, Berlin, Germany
ready2print exhibition "Spots of Light: To Be a Woman in the Holocaust" displayed at the Berlin Story Bunker, Berlin, Germany

ready2print exhibition "Spots of Light: To Be a Woman in the Holocaust" displayed at the Belarusian National History and Culture Museum, Minsk, Belarus
ready2print exhibition "Spots of Light: To Be a Woman in the Holocaust" displayed at the Belarusian National History and Culture Museum, Minsk, Belarus

ready2print exhibition "Spots of Light: To Be a Woman in the Holocaust" displayed at the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi, India
ready2print exhibition "Spots of Light: To Be a Woman in the Holocaust" displayed at the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi, India

ready2print exhibition "Spots of Light: To Be a Woman in the Holocaust" displayed at Linate Airport, Milan, Italy
ready2print exhibition "Spots of Light: To Be a Woman in the Holocaust" displayed at Linate Airport, Milan, Italy

Spots of Light exhibition Linate Airport 2019

ready2print exhibition "Spots of Light: To Be a Woman in the Holocaust" displayed at the Holocaust Memorial event, Nicosia, Cyprus
ready2print exhibition "Spots of Light: To Be a Woman in the Holocaust" displayed at the Holocaust Memorial event, Nicosia, Cyprus