“Hideouts. The Architecture of Survival” is a multimedia exhibition by the artist, architect and historian Natalia Romik dedicated to the creativity of Polish Jews seeking to survive the Shoah in hiding.
In Poland and Ukraine during World War II, approximately 50,000 people survived persecution by the German occupying forces in hiding. The majority of them was Jewish. They found refuge in tree hollows, closets, basements, sewers, empty graves, and other precarious locations. Natalia Romik’s exhibition “Hideouts. The Architecture of Survival” pays tribute to these fragile places of refuge and explores their physicality. The show poses basic questions about the relationship between architecture, private life, and the public sphere: it addresses the protective function of spaces and emphasizes the creativity those in hiding brought to bear in their attempt to survive.
Jüdisches Museum Frankfurt
Bertha-Pappenheim-Platz 1
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U: 1-8 (Willy-Brandt-Platz) Tram: 11, 12, 14 (Willy-Brandt-Platz)
TUE – SUN 10 am – 5 pm
Special Exhibitions
THURS 10 am – 8 pm
Municipal museum of the City of Frankfurt
largely barrier-free
Restricted toilet wheelchair accessible
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