Exhibition: For King and Country?

To commemorate the centenary of the First World War, the Jewish Museum London and Jewish Military Museum are delighted to announce For King and Country? a major new exhibition exploring the Jewish experience of the First World War.

Over 50,000 Jewish soldiers fought for Britain during the First World War, sharing in the horror and loss experienced by the whole country. This exhibition will tell personal stories of loyalty and service while uncovering narratives of those who didn’t fight. It will also look at the lives of the British Jews who experienced war away from the battlefield.

The exhibition will explore how war threw into question what it meant to be a British Jew. We will tell the stories of why Jewish soldiers decided to serve and of the struggle to keep faith while fighting in the trenches. These personal stories will be explored within the wider context of divided loyalties, integration and Zionism which were all under debate at the time.