The surprising and sometimes amusing duality of being British and Jewish will be explored in a pop up exhibition parked outside Hampstead Theatre.

'I say British, You Say Jewish' is The National Holocaust Centre and Museum's new touring exhibition in a trailer, which launches in Camden ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day on January 27.

Created in partnership with the University of Nottingham, with loans from the temporarily closed Jewish Museum London, it also explores the distortions in anti-Jewish racism, using images, objects and interactive digital displays to uncover the myths and realities of being Jewish and British.Ham & High: The exhibition uses objects to explore the duality of being British and Jewish and some of the items that have normalised anti-Jewish prejudices.The exhibition uses objects to explore the duality of being British and Jewish and some of the items that have normalised anti-Jewish prejudices. (Image: National Holocaust Museum)

Visitors can discover Jewish elements of popular British culture in food, music and football, but also everyday objects, from walking sticks to good luck charms, that have normalised anti-Jewish prejudices.

The display, which will be in Eton Avenue from January 14-20,  includes images and insights shared by young Brits today, who explain what it means to be both British and Jewish - for them, two sides of one identity.

Visitors can move round an interactive digital environment that recreates the 1930s living room where a Holocaust survivor grew up, offering a taste of the lived experience of discrimination through original testimonies.

Ham & High: A walking stick which shows anti-Jewish prejudice surrounding Victorian Prime Minister Benjamin DisraeliA walking stick which shows anti-Jewish prejudice surrounding Victorian Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (Image: National Holocaust Museum)

The exhibition also invites visitors to think about unconscious bias - several objects on display seem harmless enough, until you lift up a flap to discover the ingrained anti-Jewish assumption they sprang from.

This year's Holocaust Memorial Day theme is “The Fragility of Freedom” and the exhibition unpicks ancient prejudices about the Jewish diaspora, which has put down roots in numerous countries since Biblical times, leading to multiple dual identities.

Professor Maiken Umbach, academic advisor to the National Holocaust Museum, said the travelling exhibition, which continues on to Manchester and other cities, "takes a searching look at who we think we are".

Ham & High: The exhibition in a touring truck will debut on January 14 outside Hampstead Theatre before moving onto other cities including Manchester.The exhibition in a touring truck will debut on January 14 outside Hampstead Theatre before moving onto other cities including Manchester. (Image: National Holocaust Museum)

"Popping up in unexpected places on our streets, it is part of our programme to reach beyond the confines of a traditional museum. The mobile pavilion invites members of all communities to engage in conversation and exploration. It will surprise you, amuse you, empower you – and it will make you think again."

Marc Cave, National Holocaust Museum Director said: "We are not a history museum but social activists. This exhibition asks: why is it so difficult to understand that someone’s identity can happily contain diverse elements? Jews have integrated with pride into British society for centuries, whilst preserving Jewish customs and indeed sharing them.

"Yet it’s precisely this duality which unnerves the racist. This exhibition gleefully defies them. British Jews will define their identity, not them. And we are thankful that Britain will uphold this identity, not let the appeasers cancel it."