Palestine 1948
1 March 2008 to 4 January 2009 in the Park Hall
Remembering a past homeland
On 14 May 2008 it will be exactly sixty years ago that the State of Israel was founded. An event that led to the departure of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from the place in which they lived. This exodus is known in Arabic by the term Nakba: catastrophe.
In this exhibition the Tropenmuseum shows how this event affected the lives of individual Palestinians. Personal stories, told in video interviews, reveal memories of 1948 from a Palestinian perspective. Historical photos illustrating life in Palestine before 1948, are displayed alongside contemporary art and photography. ‘Palestine 1948: Remembering a past homeland’ is on view in the Tropenmuseum’s Park Hall from 1 March 2008 to 4 January 2009.
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