The New York Public Library will be opening an exhibition entitled “Between Collaboration and Resistance: French Literary Life Under Nazi Occupation” on April 3. Some of the artifacts from our exhibition are on loan to them from IMEC, the literary archive that houses Irène Némirovsky’s papers. The four objects began their journey in Normandy, arriving in Battery Park City in the fall, and will now be arriving on 42nd Street. Although the original manuscript of Suite Française, Irène’s identity card and some other papers have been relocated to the NYPL, you can still examine them on this website. And you can still review each of the 220 digitized pages of the manuscript here at the Museum in the Salon. Our exhibition, with more than 70 artifacts and two films, has been extended through August 30, 2009 so if you have New York City in your summer travel plans, or you’ve been meaning to come but haven’t gotten the chance, please make a point of making us part of your itinerary.
This is truly remarkable! being able to see, and to try and understand all of this madness that has happened. seeing artifacts of loved ones that may be gone, but there spirit lives on. there spirit lives on in all of us. they are the true essense of hope, or perserverence, of true heroship. Of true hardship. theese remarkable people, this remarkable woman, their voces, her voice will live on forever-through thees artifacts, through theese memories-one will always truly remeber all that has happened-all the horrors, all the faith and strength, It lives on!