Exhibit Highlights Jewish Life in Fairfield County

Exhibit at Greenwich Historical Society Celebrates Local Jewish History

“A Slice of American Jewish Life: Fairfield County 1654-1986,” is now on view in the Vanderbilt Education Center at the Greenwich Historical Society through April 3.
The exhibit features a selection of historical photographs, letters, advertisements and documents from the Jewish Historical Society of Lower Fairfield County and personal collections.
 The exhibit follows the local Jewish-American community through the centuries, from the few first settlers in the late 1600s to the thriving population of the present. Vigilant research details Jewish involvement in all facets of local life, and we are introduced to the individuals who helped shape the communities of lower Fairfield County as we know them today – merchants, soldiers, craftsmen, politicians, civic leaders and everyday heroes. The exhibit echoes with tones of pride, perseverance and the desire to preserve this rich historical past.
The exhibit was brought to the Greenwich Historical Society as part of the Greenwich Reads Together initiative which has focused on Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief – the story of Leisel Meminger, a foster girl living outside Munich during WWI who shares her pilfered books with a Jewish man hidden in her basement.
The exhibit and the Greenwich Reads Together initiative culminate with a presentation Hidden Children of the Holocaust: Fear, Dilemma, Danger  on Sunday, April 3 at 2 p.m,  at the Greenwich Historical Society. The presentation will feature Greenwich child Holocaust survivors Marian Nachman, R. Daniel Vock and Agnes Vertes, President of the Child Holocaust Survivors of Connecticut.  To reserve a spot at this presentation, please call (203) 869-6899, Ext. 10 or email assistant@greenwichhistory.com.