The Sack of Memories

Martiniano Cerf Lapidus' project for My Family Story 2020. ANU- Museum of the Jewish People

Martiniano Cerf Lapidus

What would you take in your suitcase if you had to leave your homeland? Suitcases, passports, and immigrant tickets colored my family’s immigration story. In those suitcases, there was not just clothing; they contained stories, languages, recipes, trades, books, small objects, joys, sorrows, and fears. In my home, we experience a great cultural diversity, including Jewish, Native, and Christian. If you want to know my story, you just have to open the suitcase...
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