In Focus: The Holocaust Through the VHEC Collection

June 2018 – June 2019

Fragment of a prayer book burned during Kristallnacht, 9-10 November 1938. Berlin, Germany. Courtesy Andrew Rosengarten – VHEC Collections

In Focus: The Holocaust Through the VHEC Collection displays more than 80 distinctive artefacts donated by local Holocaust survivors offering a narrative of the Holocaust through historical themes.

Generously supported by:

The Province of British Columbia through the British Columbia | Canada 150: Celebrating B.C. Communities and their Contributions to Canada grant program

The Government of Canada through Western Economic Diversification Canada

Leon Judah Blackmore Foundation, London Drugs, Coast Hotels, Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Vancouver, Dr. Robert & Marilyn Krell, Leon(z’l) & Evelyn Kahn and Family, Isaac & Judy Thau, Jody & Harvey Dales, Birgit Westergaard & Norman Gladstone, The Ben & Esther Dayson Charitable Foundation, Rabbi Yosef Wosk, Bob Markin & Ralph Markin, and The Lohn Foundation.