These objects belonged to Helene Reik during her imprisonment in the Theresienstadt ghetto in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. US Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of Elizabeth Margosches. Photo by Lisa Masson for the US Holocaust Memorial Museum
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum houses an unparalleled repository of Holocaust evidence that documents the fate of Jewish victims, as well as other targeted groups—liberators, rescuers, bystanders, and collaborators. The artifacts in the Museum's collection have a powerful story to tell about the history of the Holocaust and we are in a race against time to rescue them.
As we contemplate a world without Holocaust survivors and eyewitnesses, the artifacts and the stories they reveal will challenge people to ask, "What will I do?" in the face of hatred and antisemitism.
Join us as Museum Curator Susan Goldstein Snyder discusses how the efforts to find and acquire collections are more important than ever.
This program is free and open to the public but reservations are required at libevents@ku.edu or 785.864.0970.
Speaker
Susan Goldstein Snyder, Curator, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Co-presented with University of Kansas Libraries