Visages of Memory

On May 19, 2023, the University Libraries gave a warm welcome to the community at the opening of the exhibition "Visages Of Memory: Honoring Holocaust Survivors and Preserving Their Memories."

From top left: Jeffrey Duerk, Provost; Cristina Favretto, Head, Special Collections, Libraries; Haim Shaked, professor of international studies and director of the Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies; Arthur Dunkelman, curator of the Jay I. Kislak Collection at University Libraries; Kineret Ben-Knaan, director of technical services, Libraries.

On display, Holocaust Survivors' biographies written by Bobbi Kaufman

Question and Answer session led by Arthur Dunkelman, curator; featuring Bobbi Kaufman, writer, and Laszlo Selly, photographer.

Copy of "Ani Ma'amin" (אני מאמין) - Henry Lefkowitch, New York, 1947

The lyrics represent a strong testament to faith and resilience in the face of persecution and death. According to the accounts of survivors, many Jews sang "Ani Ma'amin" (אני מאמין) while walking to their deaths in the gas chambers. After the war, the song came to hold a special symbolic meaning in relation to the Holocaust and was used in some of the first Holocaust memorial ceremonies and programs. Alfred Camner, University of Miami’s Board of Trustees, recently donated this version of “Ani Ma’amin” to the Marta and Austin Weeks Music Library and Technology Center.

Rachelle Nelson, B.A. '79, cantor emerita at Temple Beth Am and cantor-in-residence at Temple Israel singing “Ani Ma'amin"

Kineret Ben-Knaan, curator, speaks about the Libraries' role as repository of primary sources

Bobbi Kaufman (top left) shares her experience with Holocaust survivors and their families, as she recounts the process of writing their biographies. These biographies have been donated and can be accessed at the University Libraries

Special Collections materials on display, Kislak Center at the University of Miami

Holocaust survivors and their portraits as they visit the exhibition "Visages of Memory"

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