Unpacking the Suitcase

<p style="text-align:center;"></p> <p>When German-Jewish refugees arrived in New Zealand in the 1930s fleeing Hitler’s Europe, they brought everything they could from their former homes: furniture, luggage, personal documents, musical instruments, artwork, books, silverware, linen, a typewriter. Some of these humble and remarkable domestic objects survive today, a few in public heritage collections; most in the private family homes of descendants.</p> <p>But while the Jewish refugee migration story is well known, less so is the story of those objects. In this talk, Louisa Hormann shares findings from a research project exploring the relationships between Holocaust survivor refugee families, their descendants, and the material objects they have inherited.</p> <p class="p1">These monthly Public History Talks are a collaboration between the <a href='https://natlib.govt.nz/'>National Library of New Zealand</a> and the <a href='https://mch.govt.nz/'>Ministry for Culture and Heritage</a>.</p> <p class="p2">Recorded live at the National Library of New Zealand, 7 October 2020.</p> <p> </p>