- May 31 - King Library Opens at 1:00 PM
The Holocaust (1939 -1945)
Genocide, meticulously planned in Nazi Germany and executed with international complicity, resulting in the destruction of the European Jewish Community (Six million people - men, women and over one million children) and taking the lives of “political dissidents, P.O.W.'s, Slavs, Gypsies, homosexuals and the mentally ill. “ The Holocaust: a nightmare of brutal, technologically assisted criminality, with a destructive fallout working its devilment first amongst the living, and then into the being of generations to come.
Maus Trilogy, by Art Spiegelman
In graphic novel format, Art Spiegelman presents a unique and deeply personal account of the Holocaust, intertwining history, parental interview, and his own memoir of historically induced emotional trauma. A tragic tale made bearable by its artistic presentation.
Vladek Spiegelman's lifestory continues in this anguishing chronical of separation, loss, survival and lasting wounds.
The inside story of the creation of Art Spiegelman's 1992 Pulitzer Prize awarded graphic novel, Maus. (Complete with hyperlinked DVD.)
On Exhibit through July 12th, 2012 at King Library – 5th Floor – Cultural Heritage Area
The Courage To Remember" is a 42 panel educational exhibit on the Holocaust of 1933-1945. It is an historical account of the Nazis' murderous campaign in which 6 million Jews and others (political dissidents, P.O.W.'s, Slavs, Gypsies, homosexuals and the mentally ill) were killed between 1933 and 1945. The crimes of the Nazis during the Holocaust serve as a dark chapter of the 20th century. Yet, the causes of the Holocaust remain with us today. Man's flawed nature, racism and complacency of ordinary people in the persecution of others persist therefore, the need for this exhibit. Individual citizens must have the courage to remember, educate themselves of this tragedy and commit to prevent such crimes from happening again.
This exhibit of the Museum of Tolerance is made possible by an educational grant from SNCF and presented by the Foundation for California.
The Holocaust - A Research Guide to the SJPL Catalog