"Imperial War Museum’s World War II and Holocaust Galleries bring the horrors of war to life through personal stories and intimate details...The designers have spent more than five years on the project, processing the huge amount of material and working with the curators to draw out the stories and present them in the most appropriate, and compelling manner."

"Light is a major theme of the Holocaust Galleries. Designer Casson Mann resisted use of a darkened setting that might be considered to match the gravity of the material, and instead sought to create light filled galleries in the spirit of conveying full knowledge of the terrible events, and of bringing evidence into the light. The killings of Jews years before the horrors of the gas chambers were hardly happening in secret, as the front pages of many international newspapers of the time testify."

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"It was decided not to enlarge photos as big images of suffering – these remain small, emphasising the fragility of life. When the camps are eventually liberated, there is no sense of celebration, just the challenges that the survivors then faced, and the pursuit of some sort of justice. Enlightening, engaging, reflective and sobering, these expertly realised new galleries are a triumph."

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