Make a Difference

The overall goal is to save Schindler’s Ark to form a Museum of Survivors in the heart of Europe.

Schindler’s Ark was a concentration camp where 1200 Jews on Schindler’s List were saved, as shown in the film by Stephen Spielberg.  Schindler’s Ark was stolen by the Nazis from the Low-Beer family in 1938.  The Low-Beer family consolidated the ruined factory in 2019 and  with the local community formed the Arks Foundation.

The Museum of Survivors is co-designed with school students from 5 countries to open in 2025 with your support.  Young architects from 110 countries contribute under the Inspireli award founded by Vaclav Havel. 

The “Making a Museum” project started in June 2023 with a grant to involve students from the EU.  They design a museum for the next generation.  The approach was based on a co-design meeting “Starting from Zero” with the Shoah Foundation, Terezin Institute, Brnenec community and Meeting Brno in 2022. 

To Save Schindler’s Ark we urgently need your support which will allow the following actions:

Save Schindler’s Ark and the historic buildings from collapse, 2023-24

  • Save the Original Camp Gate – 10,000 euros 

  • Save the German SS building by securing the roof – 50,000 euros 

  • Save Schindler’s Ark Roof and original window frames – 90,000 euros 

Renew Schindler’s Ark into a Museum of Survivors, 2024-25

  • Cinema – built in the remains to show Schindler’s List – 40,000 euros

  • Testimony Exhibition – displays the 110,000 hours of survivors’ testimonies – 60,000 euros 

  • Restoration of Schindler’s Ark from 2025 – 500,000 euros 

Our first aim will be urgently to save the historical buildings before the winter of 2023-24 and then work to open the Museum of Survivors in the place where the events occurred to open early 2025.  The Arks Foundation will provide 50% co-funding from existing resources but urgently needs your support to fill gaps.

All contributors will become Friends of the Ark and updated monthly on progress.  They will get 20% reduction on a Museum Visit for their family

50 euros  – the above and a signed book “Arks: the Low-Beer story behind Schindler’s List and the Tugendhat Villa” 

100 euros – the above and a scarf of the first Low-Beer textile since 1938 and the song Survivors

500 euros –  the above and their name written in the Museum of Survivors permanently and invitation to the opening of the Museum to mark 80 years since the end of World War 2 

1000 euros – the above, invitation to the opening of the Museum and a VIP tour of the buildings by the Low-Beer family and our ambassador Thomas Keneally, the author of Schindler’s Ark