The Imperial Museum Must Correct Its Own Errors.
Appeared on my Times of Israel blog. We have just returned from a wonderful vacation in London, England. As history enthusiasts, we visited a number of museums, one of which was the Imperial War Museum ( IWM ). Recently, there have been articles ( The Guardian and The Times of Israel ) noting that a retired academic museum visitor, and two eminent historians, pointed out that the Explanation Card regarding the Nuremberg race laws is incorrect in the IWM’s Holocaust exhibit. I would like to add my visit experience and point out an additional misrepresentation. First, it must be said that we had a moving visit to the Imperial War Museum, London. There was a wide variety of information and personal stories, which were all presented very interestingly in various ways. However, in the Holocaust exhibit, the display (in German) depicting the Nazi perspective of racial genealogy determining who is a Jew (and thus, subject to genocide), the Ex...