Portraits · Music · Remembrance
Lives Eliminated,
Dreams Illuminated
Lives Eliminated, Dreams Illuminated (LEDI) features remarkable portraits based on archival photographs of girls and young women whose lives were senselessly lost during the Holocaust. The lives they never had and the dignity they had stolen are reimagined via art and music — paintings by Lauren Bergman, each accompanied by an original composition from Ella Milch-Sheriff.
The Collection · Part One
The Collection · Part Two
Tenets of LEDI
- The Holocaust happened. Any attempt to deny this reality or dismiss its primacy to the Jewish people is unacceptable and must be resisted.
- The human story is replete with terrible events affecting individuals and communities. This includes genocide such as happened during the Holocaust to the Jews, and tragedies throughout history impacting so many innocent victims of war and conflict.
- Art and artistry provide needed tools and learnings to connect us emotionally to difficult realities like antisemitism, hate, and intolerance in all forms, past or present, fostering insight and nurturing understanding.
For the dead and the living, we must bear witness. Not only are we responsible for the memories of the dead, we are responsible for what we do with those memories. Elie Wiesel
Now on Permanent View
LEDI Center · Jersey City
The collection has a permanent home at LEDI Center, an immersive exhibit and education initiative inside Mana Contemporary. Open Monday–Friday, 11 AM–4 PM.