Mumbai
Updated : Aug 27, 2014, 05:30 AM IST
The Chabad House, or the Nariman House, in Colaba will soon have a memorial for all the 166 people who died during the 26/11 terror attack on Mumbai in 2008. Closed soon after the attack, it reopened on Tuesday. The Chabad Lubavitch that runs the Chabad services across the world unveiled the $2.5 million plan for the museum, which will be made in Chabad House itself, in a press conference.
The museum that will be tri-lingual will have remains of the devastation caused by the attack. It will also give a glimpse of the Jewish way of life and the life of the late rabbi and his wife who died. The museum will be on three floors — the fourth, fifth and sixth.
"The fourth floor will be kept the way it is because it will serve as a reminder of how terrible the attack was. It will tell people how much good is required to counter that," said Rabbi Moshe Gourarie, who is looking after the museum.
The floor will have audio-visuals of the life of the slain rabbi, his wife and others who died. "It will be like an interior within an interior. A Torah scroll shot at during the attack will be displayed along with the bullet," said Nick Appelbaumm, head of design of the museum.
The fifth floor will be redone completely. "It will tell people the way the rabbi and his wife lived. It will also give a glimpse of the Jewish way of living," added Appelbaum. Spots where markings of baby Moshe's height were made will be left untouched.
The sixth floor will have a memorial dedicated to all the victims of the attack. "Names of all the victims will be displayed. There will be prismatic cubes that people will be able to place on the names of those who died," said Appelbaum.
The museum work, said the designers, will be over in a year, and it will be open to people from all communities.