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Exhibit Dates:                                
September 5 through October 11                                    
Location:                               
East Library, 5550 N. Union Blvd., Colorado Springs, CO 80918

Pikes Peak Library District has been selected to host the 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.

Questions and Contact:

Questions? For more information, check out our Frequently Asked Questions or contact us at exhibit@ppld.org.  

Visit the Exhibit:

• Self-Guided Tours                 
  Available during the library's operating hours from Sept. 5 - Oct. 11.                  
  East Library is closed on Sundays and on Mon., Oct. 2.                  
   
• Public Tours – every Saturday in September                  
  Join us for a docent-led tour of the Americans and the Holocaust Exhibit. Docent-led tours offer additional insight into the exhibit themes and questions. Tours take approximately 30 minutes. For ages 12 and up.  Please meet in the Reading Bay area where the exhibit is located.                   
  Space is limited, register here.                  
   
• School Groups                  
  Docent guided tours can be arranged for school groups on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from Sept. 11 - Oct. 11, and will be held beginning at 9 a.m., 10 a.m., 1 p.m., and 2 p.m.                  
  
  Groups must have 10 members or more to request a guided tour. Groups of 80 or more, will need to book two hours. For groups of 140 or more, please contact us for arrangements. Please plan to have one adult for every 10 students.                  
  
  Tours for groups not affiliated with a learning institution can be arranged by appointment only, subject to availability.                   
  
  Click here and fill out the form to request a tour                
   

Click to find out about all of the Americans and the Holocaust Exhibit programs             
or see our program flyer

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Partners:

Pikes Peak Library District would like to thank the following partners for their support of the Americans and the Holocaust Exhibit.

Thank you to The Greenberg Center for Learning and Tolerance for funding two classroom sets available for teachers to checkout:

• The Ghosts of Rose Hill by R.M. Romero
• Signs of Survival by Hartman, Renée G. and Greene, Joshua

You are invited to attend a free event offered by The Greenberg Center of Learning and Tolerance in support of the exhibit called “Remembering for the Future.” Click here for details. 

Subscribe for updates

• Click on this link, scroll down, and check the box by “Americans and the Holocaust Traveling Exhibit and Programs.”

Additional Information and Online Resources: 

• Americans and the Holocaust Online Exhibition
• Family Exhibition Guide and Activity
• Online Library Resources

Booklists

Complete list of titles from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

• Young Adult and Children's Literature – ushmm.org
• Books Related to the Americans and the Holocaust – ushmm.org

PPLD's Collection of Titles for the Americans and the Holocaust Exhibit

• Adult Titles – Americans and the Holocaust Reading List
• Young Adult & Children's Titles – Americans and the Holocaust Reading List

Americans and the Holocaust: A Traveling Exhibition for Libraries is made possible by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the American Library Association.             
 

The free materials for this Take and Make (for ages 5-12), will be available at area PPLD libraries beginning April 14, 2023.

Materials and Directions:

Materials we provide:

Coffee Filter

Pipe Cleaner

Military person toy

Secure the Military person to the center of the pipe cleaner. You may choose to wrap the pipe cleaner around your person or thread it through any openings.

Poke one end of the pipe cleaner through the edge of the coffee filter. Poke the other end through the opposite side. Fold over the ends to secure.

Drop from a high place (or toss in the air) to watch your parachutist float down. It may help to pinch the center of the coffee filter first.

We all know that soldiers and other military personnel sacrifice a lot to serve the United States. Back in 1986, the month of April was declared the month of the Military Child. So, celebrate those kids around you whose family serve in the U.S. military and wear purple! Celebrate yourself too, if your parents are in the military. Kids make sacrifices too. Here's a booklist of great books to enjoy.