Holocaust Haggadah

The Wolloch Haggadah in Memory of the Holocaust
Illustrator: David Wander
Calligraphy and Micrography: Yonah Weinrib
Haifa: Goldman’s Art Gallery, 1988

The creators of this Haggadah undertook a most difficult and wrenching project in attempting to link the memory of the destruction of European Jewry during World War Two with that of the ancient redemption from Egypt. They achieved this goal by juxtaposing images from the European Holocaust with the traditional text of the Haggadah. The text thus resonates not only with Israel’s ancient enslavement but with the catastrophe of the recent past as well.

A concentration camp uniform appears with the passage that “in each generation one is obligated to regard him/herself as though he/she personally left Egypt.” The uniform in the context of this statement gives this passage an entirely new meaning, reminding the reader of Israel’s latest experience of oppression and liberation.

Judaica Collection