| Authors & Curators |
Britt Ormaaasen, Oskar Kvasnes. |
| Imprint |
New York City, USA, 2003. 112 pp., illustrations: 93 b&w, 23 × 16.2 cm. Hebrew and English. |
| ISBN |
0974460109 |
| Location |
Scandinavia House (15 January–22 March 2003) |
| Description |
Traveling exhibition and symposium on Norwegian Jewry, named in honor of writer/poet Henrik Wergeland, a tireless advocate for the Jews’ right to live in Norway. Exhibition in three parts, with individual sections on: various historical periods, the Century, Rothschild Family, Religious Life, Culture and Organizations, antisemitism, the Holocaust, restitution, etc. Each section with introductory text, photographs and documents. Symposium texts in two categories: History and Culture and The Issue of Restitution. Includes images of ceremonial objects. Photographs with explanatory captions. No itemized listing. |
| main keywords |
HISTORICAL DOCUMENTSPHOTOGRAPHSPORTRAITSNORWAY |
| minor keywords |
Antisemitic images/objectsCandlesticks/CandelabraHistorical photographsHolocaustKiddush cupsPrints, Jewish figuresRothschild FamilySoldiers (Jewish) & related objectsSynagogues, Norway |
| Other venues |
Norwegian Folk Museum, Oslo, Norway (Opening: 24 September 2001); Beit Hatfutsot, Tel Aviv, Israel (9 May–9 August 2009) |
| Catalog from other venue |