Quick take
- Louisiana Tech is one of 50 libraries picked to host the exhibition in its latest tour. It looks at how Americans responded to Nazism, war and genocide in the 1930s and 1940s.
- The library’s exhibit guide lists it Oct. 23 through Dec. 4. The opening reception was Oct. 26.
- Sun., Nov. 1, 4 p.m.: talk and book signing with young adult author Sharon Cameron, library main floor. Thu., Nov. 5, 6 p.m.: a jazz and multimedia program on music the Nazis condemned, University Hall.
- Thu., Nov. 12, and Tue., Dec. 1, 6 p.m.: programs on Louisiana’s World War II home front and Camp Ruston, a POW camp, at the Lincoln Parish Library Events Center.
A traveling exhibition from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum is on display in Ruston. Louisiana Tech’s Prescott Memorial Library is one of 50 U.S. libraries chosen to host "Americans and the Holocaust," put together by the museum and the American Library Association, the university announced.
The 1,100 square foot exhibit looks at how the government, the military, refugee aid groups, the press and the public responded to Nazism and the persecution and murder of Jews in Europe in the 1930s and 1940s. The university says it challenges the common belief that Americans knew little and did nothing.
"We encourage community members to come explore it," library Executive Director Angela Dunnington said. The library is also hosting field trips for local schools.
Dates
The library’s exhibit guide lists the exhibit from Oct. 23 through Dec. 4. The opening reception was Monday, Oct. 26.
Events coming up
- Sun., Nov. 1, 4 p.m.: author talk and book signing with young adult novelist Sharon Cameron, Prescott Memorial Library main floor.
- Mon., Nov. 2, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: educators’ workshop with the Holocaust Museum’s Laura Boughton, library third floor. Registration is on the guide page.
- Thu., Nov. 5, 6 p.m.: "Sound and Silence," a jazz ensemble and multimedia program on music the Nazis condemned as "degenerate," with the Louisiana Tech School of Music, University Hall.
- Thu., Nov. 12, 6 p.m.: a program on World War II home front efforts in Louisiana, with the Lincoln Parish Library, at the Lincoln Parish Library Events Center.
- Tue., Dec. 1, 6 p.m.: "Beyond the Barracks: Images from Camp Ruston," a panel on the World War II POW camp on land that is now part of Grambling State University, Lincoln Parish Library Events Center.