Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away.

**EXHIBITION PREVIEW**

Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away.

Cincinnati Museum Center

9:30 a.m. Thursday, October 16

 WHAT: Join Cincinnati Museum Center and the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center for a preview of their newest exhibition, Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away., the largest and most comprehensive collections of artifacts from the Holocaust’s most notorious camp outside of Europe.

Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away., opening October 18, highlights the profound humanity of those who perished, offering a poignant and sobering glimpse into the devastating realities of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz and the enduring significance of its history. Featuring more than 500 original objects from the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and more than 20 other international museums, Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. traces the rise of Nazi ideology that during World War II and Nazi occupation transformed an ordinary Polish town known as Oświęcim into a place where unimaginable atrocities and extraordinary human resilience intersected.

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Among the exhibition’s more than 500 objects and 400 photographs are hundreds of personal items that belonged to survivors and victims of Auschwitz, including suitcases, eyeglasses and shoes. Some of the key artifacts include concrete posts that were part of the fence of the Auschwitz camp, fragments of an original prisoner barracks from the Auschwitz III-Monowitz camp and Picasso’s Lithograph of a Prisoner.

In addition to the international artifacts, the exhibition will also include specially curated stories of local Holocaust survivors who came to Cincinnati after the war to rebuild their lives. These stories are presented by the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center, which moved to Union Terminal in 2019. Many of those survivors and refugees arrived through Union Terminal, making the Holocaust & Humanity Center the only Holocaust museum in the United States with a positive, authentic connection to its site.

Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. opens October 18 at Cincinnati Museum Center, presented in partnership with the Holocaust & Humanity Center

WHEN: 9:30 a.m., Thursday, October 16
WHERE: Cincinnati Museum Center
WHO: Interviews available with:

• Piotr Setkiewicz, PhD, Head of Research Department, Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
• Paweł Sawicki, Deputy Spokesman, Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
• Luis Ferreiro, Director & CEO, Musealia
• Steve Coppel, son of Werner Coppel, survivor of Auschwitz
• Elizabeth Pierce, President & CEO, Cincinnati Museum Center
• Jackie Congedo, CEO, Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center