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Museo de la Shoá
Montevideo 919.
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(011) 4811-3588.
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Open
11am-7pm Mon-Thu,
11am-4pm Fri.
Closed
Sat & Sun.
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Spanish only; book ahead.
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Set up by the local Fundación
Memoria del Holocausto in
1999, the Museo de la Shoá is
dedicated to preserving the
memory of people who died in
the Holocaust. It traces the
background of the Holocaust
from prewar Jewish life in
Europe and the rise of Nazi
power, to the Resistance, the
Final Solution, and the survivors'
search for a home in the
aftermath. Along with the
accounts of these tragic events
unfolding in Europe, the exhi-
bition also explores the difficult
lives of Jewish
families in Argentina,
and the country's
social and political
responses to them.
The exhibition
includes a section
on the Nazi war
crimi nals who
went into hiding
in Argentina. The
explanatory texts are
in Spanish but the
exhibition, including
strong visual elements, allows
the visitor to follow the stories
and incidents through an
abundant collection of photo-
graphs and an array of historical
texts, maps, and other related
objects. The museum also has a
clear and strong educational
agenda on the topics of racism,
anti-Semitism, and xenophobia.
Museo Municipal de Arte Hispanoamericano Isaac Fernández Blanco
the Palacio Noel, merging with
the Museo Colonial that was
already based in the Palacio.
The museum also acquired
items from a third municipal
museum to add to its exhibits.
The original collection has been
expanded over the years with a
variety of purchases and
donations, with the most
significant by Celina González
Garaño, who donated around
750 items in 1963. The most
outstanding items in the
museum include more than
100 beautiful antique dolls.
The vast collection of
colonial-era silverware is
thought to be the most
significant of its kind in the
world. There is also Luso-
Brazilian furniture, porcelain,
pretty cos tumes, decor ative
arts, and elegant tapestries.
The mansion itself is a joy to
explore, especially the tranquil
Andalusian-style patio which is
decorated with ivy and shaded
by centenarian trees.
hundreds more on March 17,
1992
(see p29)
. A nearby church
and school were also
destroyed in the
tragic incident. A
memorial plaza has
been set up near the
site - it comprises
seven benches and
22 trees planted in
rows of two, each
standing for the
memory of the vic-
tims of the blast.
Informative plaques
explain the details of
the horrific event and list
the names of the victims in
both Hebrew and Spanish.
A scarred and ruined embassy
wall has been left as it was
after the explosion and it
stands in stark contrast to the
ornate museums around it.
At night, the embassy wall is
beautifully lit up.
Eichmann exhibit, Museo
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Plaza Embajada
de Israel
Calle Arroyo, corner Suipacha.
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Not much remains on the site
of Plaza Embajada de Israel
after a truck, driven by a suicide
bomber, smashed into the
Israeli Embassy. The blast killed
29 people and wounded
Photographs of Jewish victims of the Holocaust, Museo de la Shoá
