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The Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre (VHEC) is proud to announce the launch of
<i><a style="margin: 0px;" data-linkindex="0" data-auth="NotApplicable" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="http://www.fragmentsinfocus.ca/" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWAe7982a06-2c28-e526-193d-a69d1b32e735" target="_blank" href="http://www.fragmentsinfocus.ca/">Fragments
in Focus: A History of the Holocaust</a></i>, a groundbreaking online exhibition.</div>
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This powerful digital exhibition showcases over 160 artefacts and archival records from the VHEC’s collection. Through personal belongings, photographs, documents, and recorded testimonies, Fragments in Focus offers an intimate lens into the individual experiences
of Holocaust victims, survivors, and witnesses.</div>
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Fragments in Focus was developed with the support of Digital Museums Canada, an investment program managed by the Canadian Museum of History. DMC is the largest national investment program dedicated to supporting digital projects. It helps build digital capacity
in museums and heritage, cultural and Indigenous organizations across Canada, offering unique access to diverse stories and experiences.</div>
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The exhibition invites educators, students, researchers, and the general public to experience Holocaust history through tangible fragments of memory. Endorsed by the BC Ministry of Education for teaching in BC classrooms,
<i>Fragments in Focus: A History of the Holocaust </i>is bilingual teaching resource for audiences across BC, Canada and around the world. </div>
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<span style="color: black;">The exhibition is available at </span><span style="color: rgb(170, 151, 103); font-weight: 700;"><a style="color: rgb(170, 151, 103); margin: 0px; max-width: 100%;" data-linkindex="1" data-auth="NotApplicable" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="http://www.fragmentsinfocus.ca/" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA23ce2f1a-6d5d-0319-4696-470ed7feb6e8" target="_blank" href="http://www.fragmentsinfocus.ca/">www.fragmentsinfocus.ca</a></span><span style="color: black;">.</span></div>
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