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3101 Clifton Avenue,
Cincinnati, Ohio 45220
513-487-3055
fax: 513-221-1842
chhe@huc.edu
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Shouldering
the Responsibility:
The Story of Josef Motschmann |
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| Josef
Motschmann is a German, Catholic high school teacher from Northern
Bavaria. Born after WWII, he had never known the rich Jewish
heritage and history his town possessed. Noticing a neglected
Jewish cemetery in his town, he sought to re-discover this history
and restore many Jewish sites in the town.
This exhibit,
developed by The Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education
in its second year of operation, is about role models, the
theme of Holocaust Awareness Weeks 2002. Thirteen thirty by
forty inch foam core panels present a simple direct narrative
that can be appreciated at multiple levels of awareness an
understanding. Josef Motschmann, portrayed as a charismatic
cartoon character, guides audiences through photos, poems
and stories that reflect the power of an individual to create
positive change and the strength of moral accountability.
The storyline is a carefully researched documentation of the
transformation of a town through an honest discovery of its
historic and cultural heritage.
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