Things To Do in Sydney Today

Introduces the Holocaust, documenting Hitler’s rise to power and its impact on the Jews in Germany following the introduction of the Nuremberg Laws. It culminates in the story of Kristallnacht – th...read more

Jewish Australians have participated in all services and in all spheres of action both at home and abroad. This exhibition portrays the stories of Jewish servicemen and women in the Australian d...read more

The exhibition explores Jewish history from its Biblical origin in the Ancient Near East to the thriving Jewish community here in Australia. While tracing the significant events that have determine...read more

Visitors enter this area alongside a near life-size sculptural relief entitled Walking into the Ghetto. The large-scale images exhibited in a dimly lit space reinforce the enclosed nature of life i...read more

Amidah is the title of a striking new exhibition about Jewish resistance in the Holocaust, forming part of the Sydney Jewish Museum’s permanent displays. The old image still prevalent today that...read more

Commences with the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, when it became apparent that mass shootings were inefficient for the murder of millions of people. The decision to implement the Final Solution...read more

This area documents the history and nature of concentration camps in Europe. Everyday objects used by inmates, including clothing, identification tags and eating implements and the like, tell much ...read more

This exhibition space documents the aftermath of the war, the liberation of the camps and the Nuremberg Trials. It tells the story of the establishment of the State of Israel and the arrival of man...read more

Visitors are able to reflect upon their tour in this quiet area. Highlights include two monumental sculptures. The first is of Janusz Korczak, the physician and educator who ran an orphanage in the...read more

Stories of Survival is a collection of Holocaust Testimonies taken from thirty-five Sydney Jewish Museum Volunteer Survivors. The documentary is a four-hour analysis and explanation of nine phases ...read more