Community members and visitors enter the Cattle Car exhibit, which made a two-day stop on the Dell Jewish Community Campus in Austin Feb. 8-9. Credit: Rebecca Golden

The Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio, Anti-Defamation League (ADL)-Austin and Shalom Austin were honored to bring Hate Ends Now: The Cattle Car Exhibit to the Dell Jewish Community Campus in Austin, Texas on February 8 and 9.

This unique 360-degree video exhibit, which was fully booked in Austin, brings history to life, teaching visitors about the devastating consequences of intolerance, bigotry, and hate. The exhibit is an immersive, multimedia presentation that takes place inside an exact replica of a cattle car used to transport Jews and other targeted groups to concentration camps during World War II. Visitors engage with history through video and audio remembering the Holocaust and featuring survivors’ testimonials.

The program progresses through history, culminating in how hate and intolerance persist today.  The ultimate message is one of empowerment, reminding visitors to stand up against ignorance, intolerance, and hate. The exhibit also includes a display of authentic artifacts from the Holocaust and WWII.

On opening day in Austin, community leaders were invited to a private reception featuring speakers: Shalom Austin CEO Rabbi Daniel A. Septimus, Jewish Federation of San Antonio President and CEO Nammie Ichilov, ADL-Austin Regional Director Jackie Nirenberg, and Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio Director Leslie Davis Met.

The exhibit is operated by Hate Ends Now, a nonprofit 501c3 organization dedicated to Holocaust education. The tour is presented by the Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio, thanks to title sponsors: Lubetzky Family Foundation, Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission, and the Texas Historical Commission.

This traveling Holocaust education exhibit has also visited San Antonio, Corpus Christi, McAllen, Laredo and other cities across the country.

More information is available at hmmsa.org/hate-ends-now.