What's On
Temporary Exhibits
Freyberg Gallery
Coming soon: Anne Frank "A History for Today"
From 4th August until 3rd November 2010 the Anne Frank "A History for Today" Exhibition runs in the Freyberg Gallery. This touring exhibition from the Anne Frank Museum in Amsterdam has travelled through 150 cities last year including China, Guatemala, and the Ukraine.
The universal appeal of Anne Frank's story unfolds through her diary. The exhibition provides a chronology of events from the rise of Nazi Germany in 1933 through to the persecution of Jews as part of Hitler's final solution. It is thought provoking and shocking and will impact on all generations who visit the National Army Museum. An interactive message board means visitors will be encouraged to use their cell phones to leave messages.
Moriah College Holocaust Memorial Sculpture
They need 1.5 million buttons for 1.5 million children murdered in the Holocaust to build a button memorial.
The maze will symbolize confusion and panic, the walls will be fillied with the 1.5 million buttons, one button for each child that was murdered. The centre will be lit by a candle surrounded by the words of a Holocaust survivor.
"In a time like the Holocaust its like living in a pitch black room, but every time someone does something for you its like someone coming in and lighting a candle. You need to focus on the light"
The National Army Museum will be supplying a button container in the exhibition (donated by Bunning's, Ohakune). We invite everyone that visits us to bring any spare buttons they have to put in the button container. These buttons will be forwarded to Moriah College to help them acheive building this fitting memorial for many children lost in the Holocaust.
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