Past Exhibitions

J'ACCUSE! THE DREYFUS AFFAIR

AUGUST 2006 - DECEMBER 2006

In 1894, Alfred Dreyfus, a French army intelligence officer, was arrested, tried and convicted of being a spy.

NAZI MEDICINE 1933 - 1945

30 MARCH - 15 JUNE 2008

Dr George Weisz, a Sydney based orthopaedic surgeon, personally and professionally outraged at Nazi doctors’ abuse of their professional status.

THROUGH AUSTRALIAN EYES

MAY 2005 - MARCH 2006

The British army liberated Bergen-Belsen on 15 April 1945. On arrival in the camp, they found over 10,000 unburied corpses of people who had died of starvation, disease and maltreatment.

ON BOARD - BEHIND WIRE: THE STORY OF THE DUNERA BOYS

JUNE 2007 - NOVEMBER 2008 

Shortly after the outbreak of World War II, about 2,000 Jewish German men, classified as Enemy Aliens, were brought from England to Australia on board the HMT Dunera (Hired Military Transport).

BUTTERFLIES OF HOPE

7 JUNE 2007 – 29 FEBRUARY 2008

An exhibition designed to raise awareness of the plight of children trapped in war.

BEN'S LENS: A PHOTOGRAPHIC RETROSPECTIVE BY BEN APFELBAUM

18 FEBRUARY 2007 - END MAY 2007

For the past several decades, Ben Apfelbaum has photographed the Sydney Jewish community in his spare time.

DEAR DR. JANZOW

24 MAY 2006 - END JULY 2006

An exhibition of original letters from the Lutheran Archives in Adelaide, curated by Dr Peter Monteath.

FINAL SOLUTION, THE HOLOCAUST IN HUNGARY

A temporary exhibition on the history and experience of Jews in Hungary from the Emancipation of 1867 until 1945.

ALBERT EINSTEIN: MAN OF THE CENTURY

September 2000 - January 2001

Albert Einstein: Man of the Century was on display at the Sydney Jewish Museum as part of an international tour.

MASTER OF THE BATTLEFIELD: GENERAL SIR JOHN MONASH

July 2000 - September 2000

Master of the Battlefield: General Sir John Monash, an inspiring exhibition recalling the Commander of Australian Forces during WW1.