Join us for a compelling panel exploring how the 1961 televised trial of Adolf Eichmann reverberated across Australian society. Eichmann, a key architect of the Holocaust, was responsible for organizing the logistics of mass deportations to Nazi death camps. Though geographically distant, Australia was deeply connected to the Holocaust through its large survivor community. The trial—centered on survivor testimony rather than the perpetrator—marked a global shift in Holocaust consciousness. In Melbourne, it sparked greater public engagement with Holocaust memory, influencing commemorations, media, and even local art, including works by Sidney Nolan now on display at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum.

Exhibition produced by:

Research and Curation: Katharine Cousins with grateful assistance from Roslyn Sugarman, Emeritus Professor Konrad Kwiet & Professor Avril Alba.

This exhibition was made possible with sincere appreciation to our partners:

Education Heritage Foundation Ltd
Richard and Jacqui Scheinberg

With additional thanks to our Sydney Jewish Museum donors and lenders:

Richard and Jacqui Scheinberg
The estate of Mary Nolan
Neil and Kathy Miller
Sharon Milch
David and Jenny Goldstein
Roland and Linda Gumbert

This exhibition follows the Museum’s 2022 exhibition ‘Shaken to His Core: The Untold Story of Nolan’s Auschwitz’, produced in collaboration with 'Nolan’s Africa' author, Andrew Turley. After its success in Sydney and with the acquisition of some 65 artworks from Nolan’s Holocaust series, the Sydney Jewish Museum is proud to present this exhibition featuring new insights and research into our Sidney Nolan Holocaust collection.

Image | Australian artist Sidney Nolan, taken by Albert Tucker. National Library of Victoria.

Please note this event may be recorded for our institutional archive.