Here you can find all the information regarding current venues where the exhibition is presented, as well as past events and future plans connected to the Unfinished Lives project.
List of the Unfinished Lives exhibitions:
2023
On 22 January, we will open the outdoor exhibition at the premises of the Lower Saxony State’s Representation in Berlin (Berlin, Germany), in German and English.
2022
- The Center for Studies of Holocaust and Religious Minorities in cooperation with Oslo Jewish Museum (Oslo, Norway) (October-present), in Norwegian and English.
- The Market Square in Wrocław, as part of the Days of Mutual Respect (Wrocław, Poland) (October-November), in Polish and Ukrainian.
- Synagogue in Görlitz (Görlitz, Germany) (August-October), in German.
- The Culture Centre DAStietz, as part of the Days of Jewish Culture (Chemnitz, Germany) (April-July), in German.
- Landtag of Brandenburg (Potsdam, Germany) (January-March), in German.
2018
A permanent exhibition at the White Stork Synagogue (Wroclaw, Poland) (present), in Polish, English and German.
Concerts Unfinished Lives:
- November, 2022, POLIN Museum History of Polish Jews, in cooperation with the Embassy of the Kingdom of Norway in Poland (Warsaw, Poland): Bente Kahan, Ronen Nissan, Anna Błaut, Christian Danowicz and the NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra.
- November, 2021, Spanish Synagogue (Prague, Czech Republic): Bente Kahan, Ronen Nissan, Christian Danowicz and the NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra.
- November, 2021, White Stork Synagogue (Wrocław, Poland): Bente Kahan, Ronen Nissan, Christian Danowicz and the NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra.
- September, 2019, White Stork Synagogue (Wrocław, Poland): Bente Kahan, Ronen Nissan, Anna Błaut, Tomasz Leszczyński, Małgorzata Wasiucionek, Malwina Kotz, Marzena Malinowska, Jan Skopowski, Mirosław Mały.
About the exhibition
Unfinished Lives is an ongoing project consisting of a travelling exhibition presenting artists who were murdered during WW2 because of their Jewish origins. It allows them to reveal themselves through their art.
The exhibition started as a permanent exhibition at the White Stork Synagogue in Wroclaw, Poland. After its expantion, it became a hybrid, analog-virtual project.
Additionally, there is the concert Unfinished Lives, with Bente Kahan, Ronen Nissan and the NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra Wrocław, Poland.
The exhibition exists in English, German, Polish, Ukrainian and Norwegian. We continue to look for international partners to help expand it. We wish to present it at multiple venues in Europe.
The 'Unfinished Lives' team
Project concept and curating
Bente Kahan
Coordination of production
Agnieszka Imiela-Sikora, Marek Mielczarek
Gathering and preparation of materials
Małgorzata Hućko, Beata Mazurek, Katarzyna Taczyńska, Anna Trojanowska, Malwina Tuchendler, Piotr Zadworny
Scholarly editing
Katarzyna Taczyńska
Language editing and English translations
Dahlia Pfeffer Luxemburg
Graphic design
Aleksandra Lubos-Zadroż (Vidifilm)
Website
Jakub Wieczorek, Piotr Zadworny
We would also like to thank the Ministry of Finances and Europe of Land Brandenburg, the Brandenburg Landtag as well as the Jewish Museum in Prague, the Theresienstadt Ghetto Memorial Site „Památník Terezín“, the Paul Sacher Foundation and personally Lillebjørn Nilsen, Ronen Nissan, Marcin Markowicz, Peter Leben, Manfred Lemm, Bernhard Hofstötter, Andrzej Słomianowski, Jamie Bulloch, Anastasiya Lyubas, Karolina Szymaniak, Anna Maja Misiak and Hanna Kubiak.
Preparation of the Norwegian artists
Torill Torp Holte, Dag Kopperud, Mats Tangestuen (Jewish Museum in Oslo), Guri Hjeltnes, Carl Emil Vogt, Jakob Berg Olsen (The Norwegian Center for Holocaust and Minority)
The project is co-financed by the Municipality of Wrocław
Here you can find all the information regarding current venues where the exhibition is presented, as well as past events and future plans connected to the Unfinished Lives project.
List of the Unfinished Lives exhibitions:
2023
- The outdoor exhibition at the premises of the Lower Saxony State’s Representation in Berlin (Berlin, Germany), in German and English, January 22 – February 15.
The HL-Center (Center for Studies of Holocaust and Religious Minorities) in cooperation with Oslo Jewish Museum (Oslo, Norway) (October-present), in Norwegian and English. Opened October 26, 2022 and can still be visited at the Center in Oslo.
2022
- The Center for Studies of Holocaust and Religious Minorities in cooperation with Oslo Jewish Museum (Oslo, Norway) (October-present), in Norwegian and English.
- The Market Square in Wrocław, as part of the Days of Mutual Respect (Wrocław, Poland) (October-November), in Polish and Ukrainian.
- Synagogue in Görlitz (Görlitz, Germany) (August-October), in German.
- The Culture Centre DAStietz, as part of the Days of Jewish Culture (Chemnitz, Germany) (April-July), in German.
- Landtag of Brandenburg (Potsdam, Germany) (January-March), in German.
2018
A permanent exhibition at the White Stork Synagogue (Wroclaw, Poland) (present), in Polish, English and German.
Concerts Unfinished Lives:
- November, 2022, POLIN Museum History of Polish Jews, in cooperation with the Embassy of the Kingdom of Norway in Poland (Warsaw, Poland): Bente Kahan, Ronen Nissan, Anna Błaut, Christian Danowicz and the NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra.
- November, 2021, Spanish Synagogue (Prague, Czech Republic): Bente Kahan, Ronen Nissan, Christian Danowicz and the NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra.
- November, 2021, White Stork Synagogue (Wrocław, Poland): Bente Kahan, Ronen Nissan, Christian Danowicz and the NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra.
- September, 2019, White Stork Synagogue (Wrocław, Poland): Bente Kahan, Ronen Nissan, Anna Błaut, Tomasz Leszczyński, Małgorzata Wasiucionek, Malwina Kotz, Marzena Malinowska, Jan Skopowski, Mirosław Mały.