​The Politzer exhibition presents the lives and life-choices of Jews in Hungary through the story of a real Hungarian Jewish family. Among other things, we chose this family because the story is dominated by the secret taboo, the silence, secrecy and denial surrounding the family's origins and history. This is an element that was and is present in the lives of many Jewish families in Hungary - and the designated task of the "House of Coexistence" was precisely to understand, or perhaps to resolve, this phenomenon.
The history of the family is well documented, with memories, life stories and legends from several generations, which we have supplemented with further research. However, there are no authentic objects with stories passed down in the family. On the one hand, this is because family history is replete with flight, displacement, confiscation of property, etc., and the mystery of the underlying phenomenon of the secret did not facilitate the transmission of the objects that did remain (and which might be revealing!).
The story is therefore presented in ten film clips, each seven minutes long, two of which (the beginning and the end of the story) are projected onto a multi-layered veil. The narration of each film tells the story of a family member, embedded in the history of Hungary and the Jews in Hungary. In each of the films, questions, choices and other connections emerge that illustrate the possibilities for social inclusion and integration of Jews.
In addition to the films, maps, chronological data and definitions on the walls help to put the story into a broader context.
A highlight of the exhibition are the two "time capsules": exhibition panels with fragmented surfaces that present interesting facts about everyday occurrences in the 1740s and 2020s (typical foods, distance travelled in a day, etc.).
Two smaller rooms are connected to the main exhibition space, both of which are exclusively digital, helping visitors to engage and connect with the content of the exhibition.
The first digital small room features an introduction to family history, a visualization of a family tree. The content is projected on three walls of the room, so that visitors standing in the middle of the room can feel part of the story while watching the slowly moving projection around them.
In the second digital room, the concept of "coexistence" is underpinned by the project "Be part of it", where objects from a database, based on community participation and collaboration, based on continuous collection and thus constantly growing, are displayed on the wall - projected on three walls, in a similar way to the previous room, surrounding the visitor. The objects, photographs and stories presented here are content shared by visitors to the exhibition, which they can share in relation to the key concepts of the exhibition. The collection campaign will be hosted on a dedicated website, the content of which will be displayed in the room after verification and styling. The projection will be accompanied by a dashboard where visitors can sort and group content already shared by others according to different criteria.
This is the last element of the exhibition that can be visited, and it is here that the concept of coexistence is fulfilled: all visitors can join in, and place their own stories, the stories of their family or friends, thus creating together a "Hungary family album" - one of which, the story of the Politzer family, is presented in the exhibition. Many elements of the story shown in the exhibition are present in the history of almost every family. The networking and interconnections of these will be shown in this final room, creating the cultural DNA of Hungary in an entertaining and at the same time educational way.

Creators
Concept, script: Forgács Péter, Gyekiczky András, Toronyi Zsuzsanna
Digital curator: Ruttkay Zsófia
Texts: Dóra Bálint, Török András, Toronyi Zsuzsanna
Interior design: UV Design: Ugrin László
Audiovisual design, lighting: Proinstall: Kárpáti András 
Graphic design: Dávid Gábor, Tausz Gábor Ezra
Family tree animation: Huszár Dániel
Translation: Bodóczky Miklós, Dóra Bálint, Török András
Legal coordination: Pusztaszeri Katalin
Installation: Belvárosi Építő Kft, Nagy Árpád
Special thanks: Linda Ambrus-Broenniman

Films
Director, producer: Forgács Péter
Production Supervisor: Vida Zoltán
Art Director episodes 1-3: Nosek László
Art Director episodes 4-10: Sass Péter 
Animation Director: Nosek László
Editor: Sass Péter
Musician, Music Supervisor: Melis Márta
Composer: Melis László
Sound director: Zányi Tamás
Storyboard: Kukla Ernő
Graphic: Král Lili, Kukta Béla, Lerch Julcsi, Szántó Zsanett 
Animation: Antal Tamás, Csata Sára, Sebesvári Soma, Sebő Ferenc
VFX: Antal Tamás, Csata Sára, Sebesvári Soma Vida Zoltán

Be part of the story!
Curator: Frazon Zsófia
Design, animation: XORXOR Stúdió: Barkóczi Máté, Hajdu Gáspár, Kiskovács Eszter, Papp Gábor, Setényi Sámuel
Database, webpage, photography, video: Industryfilm Stúdió: Jakus Tamás, Ritter Doron

Sources:
Eisikovits Haszid Zene Gyűjtemény, Fortepan, Fővárosi Szabó Ervin Könyvtár, GP Archives, Jan van Ijken Photography and Film, Josephinum Wien, Jüdisches Museum Wien, Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum, Magyar Zsidó Múzeum és Levéltár, Nemzeti Filmintézet, Österreichisches Filmmuseum, Österreichisches Staatsarchiv, Privát Magyarország Alapítvány, Semmelweis Orvostörténeti Gyűjtemény

A kiállítás a „Rumbach Sebestyén utcai zsinagóga felújítása” c. projekt támogatásával készült, 2018-2020. ​