Montreal exhibit honours orphaned Jewish Holocaust survivors [Video]

In the aftermath of World War II, almost a thousand Jewish orphans who survived the Holocaust were brought to Montreal and adopted by families in the community.

That little-known piece of the city’s history is now being told every night in Old Montreal as part of a spectacular permanent multimedia exhibition called Cité Mémoire, launched on May 18.

Every night after sundown until midnight, The Jewish Children’s Transport Train 1947 is one of 19 tableaux being projected on the walls of buildings throughout the historic district, as well as on the ground and even on trees in some places.

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These videos of three to six minutes duration are dramatic re-enactments of highlights of Montreal’s long history, as well as less familiar events and characters.

A free mobile applicationmay be downloaded (in French, English, Spanish or Mandarin) providing dialogue and music to accompany each of the 19 tableaux at one’s own pace, or six …