Opening of "Onderduiker: Hiding in Plain Sight at Amsterdam’s ARTIS Zoo"

Rosenberg Gallery, April 17 - May 28, 2026

Baltimore photographer Phyllis Arbesman Berger’s powerful new exhibition, Onderduiker: Hiding in Plain Sight at Amsterdam’s ARTIS Zoo during WWII. This is the harrowing story of the Jews, resistance fighters, and young men escaping forced labor, who owed their lives to the staff at the ARTIS Amsterdam Royal Zoo during WWII. Using infrared photography and lyrical poetry, Berger explores the psychological landscapes of the individuals who lived in constant fear, not knowing from day to day whether their hiding places might be revealed. Nazi soldiers loved the zoo and visited daily, not realizing that a wall away people were in hiding. Images and text chronicle the struggles of ordinary people caught in extraordinary circumstances as they spend time with their memories, take flight with imagination, and experience longing, grief and at times terror.

Located near the Jewish neighborhood of the Jodenbuurt, ARTIS served…