FARMINGTON—A special showing of a traveling exhibition “Americans and the Holocaust” will be on display at the Clearfield Branch Library from Sept. 30 – Nov. 6. The library is one of 50 U.S. libraries selected to host the exhibit. The library is located at 1 N. Main St., Clearfield.

The exhibition is from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the American Library Association (ALA) that examines the motives, pressures and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism, war and genocide in Europe during the 1930s and 1940s, a release said.

The touring library exhibition is based on the special exhibition of the same name at the Museum of Washington, D.C. 

The 1,100-square-foot exhibition examines various aspects of American society: the government, the military, refugee aid organizations, the media and the general public. According to the release, it tells the stories of Americans who acted in response to Nazism, challenging the commonly held assumptions that Americans knew little and did nothing about the Nazi persecution and murder of Jews as the Holocaust unfolded.

For more information about Americans and the Holocaust and related programming at the Clearfield Branch Library visit https://bit.ly/44IYtEY. To learn more about the exhibition, visit https://exhibitions.ushmm.org/americans-and-the-holocaust/main?ala

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.