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Featured Exhibit: Pictures of Resistance: The Wartime Photographs of Jewish Partisan Faye Schulman

Virginia Holocaust Museum (VHM) 2000 East Cary Street, Richmond

Born in Poland in 1924, Faye Schulman received her first camera from her brother when she was 13. That camera ultimately saved her life and allowed her to document Jewish partisan activity later. As a result, she is one of the only known Jewish partisan photographers. Schulman's rare collection of images captures the camaraderie, horror, loss, bravery, and triumph of the rag-tag, resilient partisans—some Jewish, some not—who fought the Germans and their collaborators. Pictures of Resistance: The Wartime Photography of Jewish Partisan Faye Schulman, a compelling traveling exhibition produced by the Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation (JPEF) and curated by Jill Vexler, Ph. D, poses probing questions about this incredible woman and the people whose images she documented. Click HERE to see Alexa Welch Edlund's review of the exhibit in the Richmond Times Dispatch.

MEMORIES OF IMPRISONMENT: Japanese American Incarceration During World War II

Virginia Holocaust Museum (VHM) 2000 East Cary Street, Richmond

Free Enrichment Program for Middle & High School Students March 15, 2023 | 10 am-12 noon At the Virginia Holocaust Museum Please join the Virginia Holocaust Museum for a conversation with Sam Mihara. Sam is a second-generation Japanese American, and at 9 years old he and his family were forced to move into an internment camp in northern Wyoming after the United States entered World War II. They would live crowded in a single 20 x 20 square foot room for the next 3 years. Today, as one of the very few surviving prisoners who speaks nationally about this dark time in our history, Sam shares poignant personal memories of events from 80 years ago that have continued to resonate through the decades. Sam’s presentation will give students the opportunity to hear how discrimination affected his life. Audience members will have the opportunity to ask Sam questions after his presentation. This program is free and open to middle and high school students. Space is limited register today! Download the Program Flyer!