Letters to Afar: Joint YIVO-Museum of the History of Polish Jews Exhibition Opens in Warsaw

On May 18, 2013, an audiovisual installation, Letters to Afar, opened at the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw. The installation, designed by Péter Forgács, with music by the Klezmatics, was commissioned jointly by the museum and YIVO and is based on home movies from the YIVO Archives.

Watch an excerpt from exhibition here.

Download the catalog here.

Read a review of the exhibition in the Wall Street Journal.

Read about YIVO Executive Director Jonathan Brent’s visit to the museum.

Watch home movies from the YIVO Archives on the web site of the exhibition, 16 mm Postcards.