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Danica Riley

Contributing Writer

AN exhibit document-

ing the Jewish fashion

industry and its destruc-
-tion during the Nazi
“occupation of Germany

opened Saturday at the

Holocaust Education

Centre in Vancouver.

Broken Threads —. From

-Aryanization ta Cultural Lass
? deseribes Nazi. policies and
“actions that began swith , boy-

_ cots in. 1933 and escalated to
the expropriation of businesses

and ‘deportations of Jewish
fashion producers,

Jewish clothing store own-
ers were targeted by anti semi-
tes and accused of taking jobs
away from Aryan Germans.
Persecution climased during
Kristallnacht,
glass,” in which Nazi soldiers
were ordered to smash the win-
dows of Jewish businesses and
bun synagogues ta the
ground.

The exhibit, a collaborative
effort with the Goethe Institut,
features high fashion clothing
collected “by - curator Claus
Jahnke from people who fled
Nazi Germany.

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Men’s and women’s appar-
el, accessories, publications and
fashion plates created by
German and Austrian Jewish
designers prior to the Second
World War are displayed.

Rare pieces of Nazi-issued
ADEFA-label garments’ are an
important educational aspect
of the exhibit. The ADEFA
label guaranteed buyers” gar-
ments were manufactured “by
Aryan hands only.”

Some items were designed
by Hollywood personalities
Rudi Gernreich and Bess
Schlank. Designs by Vancouver
designer Lore: Maria Wiener
are also included in the exhibit.

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“The exhibit is a valuable
teaching tool to educate people
about the steps Nazis took and
the progression of cultural
loss,” said Graham Sharpe,
program assistant. atthe
Vancouver Holocaust
Edueation Centre.

“Although we are looking
specifically at fashion, it mirrors
the process taking place i in the
Jewish conimunity at large.”

Broken Threads includes a
free lecture series at the Goethe
Tnstitut by Dro Ingrid Loschek,
a fashion and costume expert,
and Dr, Christian Schramm, an
architect and German depart-
ment store specialist.

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Schramm focuses on Bertin,
where most notable depart-
ment. stores Were located
betore the Second World War.

Loscheck’s lecture and slide
show, Fashion — Temptation ar
Necessity? is at 7:30 pam on
Feb 2. She will host a second
lecture and slide show, Art
Deco and the ‘New Woman? in
the German Metropolis Berlin at

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