Pfau Library News

In 2005, the United Nations General Assembly designated January 27th, the date upon which the largest Nazi death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, was liberated, as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Referred to as the “Final Solution” by the Nazis, this horrific campaign of genocide claimed the lives of 6 million Jews (2 out of every 3 living in Europe) as well as many other groups deemed “racially inferior”—Roma (Gypsies), Slavic peoples, Jehovah’s Witnesses, disabled people, and homosexuals—not to mention prisoners of war.

The library display will be found on the wall near the Check-Out Desk on the first floor.

Courage to Remember: The Holocaust 1933 – 1945

From April 23 – May 12, 2012 the library will host the critically acclaimed, twenty-panel, traveling exhibit, “Courage to Remember” assembled by the Museum of Tolerance. Many of the images have never been seen by the public. This exhibit has been shown in over 20 countries on 6 continents and was the first Holocaust exhibit produced by a Jewish institution to be shown in the former Soviet Union and China.

On April 23, the John M. Pfau Library will host an Open House of the display, with a reception and lecture we invite all to attend. More information to come soon.

We invite the campus and community to visit the library; school tours can be set up by contacting Library Administration at 909-537-5102 or libevents@csusb.edu.

Audrey Hepburn was born Audrey Kathleen Ruston on May 4, 1929. One of the world’s most famous actresses, she is also known as a film and fashion icon of the twentieth century. She won the Academy Award for her lead role in the film Roman Holiday in 1953. After starring in several beloved films, including Breakfast at Tiffany’s  and My Fair Lady, she became one of the great screen actresses of Hollywood’s Golden Age.

Hepburn spent much of her later life working with UNICEF. Hepburn had contributed to the organization since the 1950s, but still worked in some of the most disadvantaged communities of Africa, South America, and Asia in the late eighties and early nineties.

Stop by the first floor display case near the stairs to view the informational display.

For more about Hepburn’s career, check out Audrey: A Life in Pictures.

Breakfast at Tiffany’s (VHS), Roman Holiday (VHS), and My Fair Lady (VHS) are available at the Check-Out Desk on the first floor.