The Museum of Survivors, opened to coincide with the 80th anniversary of World War II's end, honors Oskar Schindler's legacy in saving Jews. Located in Brnenec, a site previously used for a Nazi concentration camp, the museum showcases testimonies of survivors and the historical context of the area. Daniel Low-Beer, whose family faced persecution and displacement, spearheaded the project to restore their history to the place. The museum emphasizes the importance of memory and the impact of Schindlerâs actions, offering visitors an insight into this poignant chapter of history.
"We had to flee for our lives, lost a bit of our history, so putting a little bit of history back to a place and hopefully bringing out as well the history of Oskar Schindler and the village is what weâre doing today," Low-Beer told The Associated Press.
"I'm pleased to put a little bit, of course emotionally, of my family back in the place because they were survivors. My grandfather lived here, my father lived here, and then the world was shattered one day in 1938," he said.
The site, a former textile factory in the town of Brnenec, about 100 miles east of Prague, was stolen by the Nazis from its Jewish owners in 1938 and turned into a concentration camp.
Today, the museum displays the history of Schindler, his wife Emilie, the Low-Beer family and others linked to the area, together with the testimonies of Holocaust survivors.
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