For Jews in East Germany, a Life of Contradictions
Briefly

The focus was telling the story from different perspectives, and stories that sometimes contradict each other.
Wearing any religious symbols was kind of stigmatized, Gelbin explained recently in an interview, as either opposition to, or a diversion from, East German ideology. Gelbin's story is one of nearly 20 personal narratives in the exhibition.
It's more like a mosaic, Lewinsky said. The focus was telling the story from different perspectives, and stories that sometimes contradict each other.
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