Programming from Our Partners: Talking Memory: Fanny’s Journey

The Ghetto Fighters’ House is pleased to host an online event celebrating the opening of “Fanny’s Journey,” an exhibition that brings to life the experiences of Fanny Ben Ami through her powerful drawings. Fanny’s Journey tells the extraordinary story of Fanny, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl who was born in Germany and grew up in France. After the Nazis rose to power and life for Jews became dangerous, her family fled Germany for France. There, Fanny found herself on her own, responsible for leading a group of Jewish children on their way to freedom. The exhibition presents paintings created by Fanny later in life, accompanied by short excerpts from her testimony.

The program will include opening remarks by Prof. Aryeh Barnea, who will share his knowledge about the OSE – Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants – (Children's Aid Society) that operated an underground network that rescued thousands of Jewish children, including Fanny, by placing them in children’s homes, hiding them in foster families, or smuggling them across borders. The curator of the exhibition, Lilach Efraim, will give a behind the scenes look at the new exhibit. A presentation of OSE documents located in the Ghetto Fighters’ House archive will be given by archivist Greta Barak.