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Time Out From War – Works by Thomas Naegele

Name: Time Out From War – Works by Thomas Naegele
Start: 2025-10-01T05:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-10-29T21:00:00-05:00
Location: Jewish Community Center of Omaha Eisenberg Gallery

October 1, 2025 @ 5:00 am - October 29, 2025 @ 9:00 pm CDT

Sunset or sunrise painting of a checkpoint to a POW camp, with the barracks and tower visible in the background. Two figures in army helmets stand near a covered military-green vehicle near two figures wearing cowboy hats, one of whom is pointing up at an orange truck next to them that is exiting the camp. The truck has an open bed and is full of standing figures. At the gatehouse, one figure looks out the window while another leans down to speak to the driver of a sedan entering the facility. A sign says STOP no visitors no soliciting authorized personnel only no cameras

In collaboration, the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society will show paintings from the Nebraska Prairie Museum in Holdrege at the JCC Eisenberg Gallery in Omaha.

Thomas Naegele, a German citizen with Jewish heritage, fled Nazi Germany in 1938 when he was just 14 years old. A few years after settling in New York with his family, he was drafted into the U.S. Army. He was eventually assigned to Internment Camp Indianola in Nebraska, where he served as a German interpreter. During his free time, Naegele painted what he saw. This exhibit documents his experience.