The Holocaust
The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. "Holocaust" is a word of Greek origin meaning "sacrifice by fire." The Nazis, who came to power in Germany in January 1933, believed that Germans were "racially superior" and that the Jews, deemed "inferior," were an alien threat to the so-called German racial community.
During the era of the Holocaust, German authorities also targeted other groups because of their perceived "racial inferiority": Roma (Gypsies), the disabled, and some of the Slavic peoples (Poles, Russians, and others). Other groups were persecuted on political, ideological, and behavioral grounds, among them Communists, Socialists, Jehovah's Witnesses, and homosexuals.
Holocaust Education Week: November 9 -13
PBSC Students, Faculty & Staff: Use the hashtags #HolocaustEducationWeek & #pbscstatecollege on Instagram to share in six words what the Holocaust means to you.
In honor of Florida's Holocaust Education Week, we hope to foster a greater understanding of the Holocaust, its relevance in history, and its continuing impact today.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day is celebrated on January 27th.
The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27—the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. (https://www.ushmm.org/remember/international-holocaust-remembrance-day)
Remember the Holocaust by visiting the Palm Beach Gardens library to view a 20-panel exhibit brought to the library by the Florida Holocaust Museum (https://www.thefhm.org/). The 20-panel exhibit provides a wealth of information on key events in the history of the Holocaust, including: the history of antisemitism, the Nazi's rise to power, the Final Solution, resistance to the Holocaust, the U.S. response to the Holocaust, Nuremberg Trials, testimony from Florida survivors, and lessons for today.
The exhibit returns to the Library Lobby for January 2024
Reference assistance is available via online chat, text, email and phone, as well as on-site.
Use the online form to submit questions. We will respond within 24 hours Monday through Thursday. Emails received during holiday closings will be answered when the library re-opens.
