Penn State’s Pattee and Paterno Library is one of 50 U.S. libraries selected to host Americans and the Holocaust, a traveling exhibition from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum that examines the motives, pressures and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism, war and genocide in Europe during the 1930s and 1940s.
Americans and the Holocaust will be on display at Pattee and Paterno Library, along with a series of related special events, from January 29 to March 10, 2022. Visit the exhibition in the Leisure Reading Room, adjacent to the Pattee Library lobby at the Central Entrance, during library hours.
Americans and the Holocaust: A Traveling Exhibition for Libraries is an educational initiative of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the American Library Association.
Americans and the Holocaust was made possible by the generous support of lead sponsor Jeannie & Jonathan Lavine. Additional major funding was provided by the Bildners — Joan & Allen z”l, Elisa Spungen & Rob, Nancy & Jim; and Jane and Daniel Och. The Museum’s exhibitions are also supported by the Lester Robbins and Sheila Johnson Robbins Traveling and Special Exhibitions Fund, established in 1990.
The online exhibit for Americans and the Holocaust can be found on the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum website.
Questions and requests for tours can be directed to Tara Grove, Humanities Librarian, tem10@psu.edu.