Wollongong Art Gallery
Wollongong Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery AM opens the Courage to Care exhibition Photo: Chelsea Caligari
October 17, 2023, 7:22 am
Commitment to Holocaust education
Courage to Care uses inspiring stories of survival from the Holocaust to illustrate the importance of being an 'upstander' when confronted by discrimination.
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Abraham Rose (centre) and Kenzie Dvy reading Torn Apart By War at the Wollongong community's Yom Hashoah commemoration. Behind them is Professor Greg Rose.
May 4, 2023, 11:41 am
Local community members attend ceremony
AUJS student Mima Schwartz opened proceedings with a moving tribute to her Hungarian family, a number of whom perished at Auschwitz.
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From left: Michael Samaras, former Wollongong councillor, NSW Jewish Board of Deputies CEO Darren Bark and Konrad Kwiet.
April 5, 2023, 8:38 am
Kwiet details Nazi collaborator’s wartime past
Sydney Jewish Museum's resident historian Professor Konrad Kwiet visited the Wollongong Art Gallery to deliver a lecture about Bronius Sredersas to a packed audience.
By Carly Adno
Sydney Jewish Museum's resident historian Konrad Kwiet.
April 4, 2023, 6:41 am
SJM presents Sredersas’ story
"I anticipate there will be a keen level of interest from those who want to learn more about the man whose donation of artworks helped establish Wollongong Art Gallery..."
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Michael Samaras spoke at the recent Kristallnacht commemoration event. Photo: Giselle Haber.
November 24, 2022, 11:05 am
Samaras receives local gong
Michael Samaras received an award for uncovering the Nazi past of art benefactor Bob Sredersas.
By Carly Adno
Bronius "Bob" Sredersas (left) at the Wollongong Art Gallery. Photo: Facebook
September 1, 2022, 9:21 am
Calls to dissolve Sredersas’ ‘gift’
'Given the revelation that Sredersas was a Nazi during the German occupation of his homeland Lithuania, the status of this collection requires re-evaluation'
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