Union Station Opens Highly Anticipated, Internationally Awarded Exhibition
Auschwitz. Not Long Ago. Not Far Away.
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The exhibition – opened today with a record 80,000 pre-sold tickets — features more than700 original artifacts, 400 photographs and rare, unpublished memoirs, many ofwhich are being seen in public for the first time.
Today, on the 81st anniversary of the first transport of 728 Polish men to the German Nazi Auschwitz camp in 1940, Union Station opened the most comprehensive exhibition dedicated to the history of Auschwitz and its role in the Holocaust ever offered in North America. Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. — presented by Bank of America — is produced in partnership with the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland and the Spain-based international exhibition producers, Musealia. The groundbreaking exhibition has been curated by an international team of experts led by historian Dr. Robert Jan van Pelt.
“Today, Union Station opened one of the most important exhibitions in our history”, George Guastello, Union Station president and CEO, said. “ Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. is meant to stir the conscience of the world and ensure none of us ever stands by to let the seeds of hatred and indifference grow again. The consequences, otherwise, are devastating. Everyone should make plans to take advantage of this rare opportunity to learn profound lessons from the not-too-distant past.”
