Special Exhibition Opening Day - "Mezuzah Traces: Memory on the Doorposts of Poland"

Description

The Holocaust Center of Florida is proud to present Mezuzah Traces, an evocative exhibition by the Polish-Jewish design studio MI POLIN in Warsaw.

The first in our Memory Keepers cultural exchange program, this powerful exhibit brings to light the quiet, physical remnants of Jewish life in Poland through the lens of an object both sacred and symbolic: the mezuzah.

After the destruction of Poland’s Jewish communities during the Holocaust, all that often remains of once-thriving Jewish homes are the subtle traces left behind: discoloration, nail holes, or indentations where mezuzot were once affixed. Mezuzah Traces documents these haunting imprints and recasts them as bronze mezuzot, transforming void into presence, and loss into remembrance.

Visitors will explore a collection of these cast mezuzot, each paired with the original location and story it represents. This exhibit bridges past and present, faith and absence, reminding us that memory can endure, even in silence.

Runs through late spring 2027.