Americans and the Holocaust: A Traveling Exhibition for Libraries

by Meriden Public Library

Americans and the Holocaust is on display at the Meriden Public Library, along with a series of related special events, through Nov. 9, 2025.

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.

Drawing on a remarkable collection of primary sources from the 1930s and ’40s, the exhibition 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. It provides a portrait of American society that shows how the Depression, isolationism, xenophobia, racism and antisemitism shaped responses to Nazism and the Holocaust. Info: 203-630-4730, www.meridenlibrary.org. Meriden Public Library at 105 Miller Street, Meriden.