Holocaust Collection & Exhibits
The Northwest Reno Library is home to the Shia Szrut Holocaust Collection, which consists of more than 2,400 fiction and nonfiction books, films, and maps. The gallery space adjacent to the collection regularly hosts relevant exhibits.
Shia Szrut Holocaust Collection
The Shia Szrut Holocaust Collection provides the public with resources to understand the Holocaust: its perpetrators, victims, bystanders, and rescuers. It reminds us that we have the ability and responsibility to make wise choices. We must learn to respect and honor human dignity and difference.
This collection was established through a grant from the Ronald and Judy Mack Religious Education Foundation in memory of Judy Mack's father, Shia Szrut, a victim of the Holocaust.
Current Exhibit: France and the Holocaust
January 7–April 17
This powerful exhibition showcases rare French artifacts loaned by the Nevada Center for Humanity’s Nevada Holocaust Museum and is being presented in the United States for the first time. This collection invites visitors to examine the complex and often conflicting choices faced by ordinary individuals during World War II.
Sign up to attend the opening reception on Wednesday, January 21, 5 pm. We are honored to welcome Leon Malmed, author, public speaker, and survivor of the Holocaust. Curator Heidi Straus will lead tours of the exhibition starting at 4 pm.
