Forget your name is a presentation of five animations. Survivors tell the stories of when they went into hiding as children during the Second World War. The illustrated stories can be seen in the Art Cabinet of the Jewish Museum until July 7.

During the Second World War, approximately 28,000 Jews went into hiding in the Netherlands to escape persecution. There were many children among them. Almost all of these children were told to forget their names. What was it like not hearing your own name anymore? Where were you supposed to go? Who could you trust? What did you do when you were afraid?

Documentary maker Marcel Prins asked these questions to people who went into hiding as children and thus survived the Shoah (Holocaust). Five of them will speak in this presentation. Marcel van der Drift illustrated their stories.

Marcel Prins’ documentary Forget Your Name will be shown every month in the auditorium of the Jewish Museum during the duration of this presentation. Check our agenda for the current dates.

You will find more stories and information on Vergeetjenaam.nl.

Vergeetjenaam.nl, April 5 to July 7, 2024, Jewish Museum, Amstelstraat 1, entrance ticket: €20.00