The five-story memorial gathers some 1,000 articles, including documents, objects, clothes and books, narrating the centuries-old history of Brazil's Jewish community.
The bones of Jews shot by Nazi sympathizers on the banks of the Danube in 1944 or 1945 were discovered in the river during bridge construction work five years ago.
Allegations contained in a newspaper article, later retracted, claimed the Israeli pop singer supports the BDS campaign — a claim she and the Vancouver federation vehemently deny.