Credit: Noah Elias Jakovljević
The Holocaust Museum of Oporto marked Yom Ha-Shoah on April 24 with the opening of the temporary exhibition “Simon Wiesenthal: Survivor. Eyewitness. Nazi Hunter”. The exhibition was specially designed to offer visitors, particularly young students, a comprehensive view of the former Mauthausen concentration camp and the remarkable life story of Simon Wiesenthal.
Credit: Noah Elias Jakovljević
The exhibition traces Wiesenthal’s journey, from his imprisonment in Mauthausen until its liberation on May 5, 1945, highlighting his tireless postwar efforts to track down Nazi war criminals such as Adolf Eichmann, as well as the founding of the Simon Wiesenthal Centers in Vienna and Los Angeles.
With a strong educational and commemorative focus, the exhibition concludes with a clear and powerful message: remembering the history of our parents, grandparents, and ancestors is a shared responsibility. Never forgetting is the only way to ensure such horrors are never repeated.
Credit: Noah Elias Jakovljević
The exhibition was developed by Noah Elias Jakovljević, of the Austrian organization Auslandsdienst Österreichs – Austrian Service Abroad, which sends young Austrians to institutions dedicated to Holocaust remembrance in countries including Israel, Portugal, the United States, and China.
