The Museum for History & Holocaust Education (MHHE)

Remembering Ravensbrück tells the story of the Nazi concentration camp where more than 150,000 women were interred. The opening of the "Remembering Ravensbrück: Women and the Holocaust" features remarks by Dr. Catherine Lewis, Director of the Museum of History & Holocaust Education, Maria Britt, Associate Vice-President of Operations at KSU, Dr. Jennifer Dickey, coordinator of Public History at KSU and Nancy York, a student co-curator of the exhibit. Created by Dr. Jennifer Dickey’s Public History students in cooperation with the Ravensbruck Memorial Site, the panel-based exhibition focuses on the history of the camp, from its beginning in 1939 to its liberation in 1945, and highlights the stories of individual women – women who suffered in and survived the camp but also of female guards who willingly implemented the Nazi Final Solution. The visually rich panels feature historic photographs, maps, and artwork created by the prisoners, a testament to the women’s spirit of survival. A German-language version of Remembering Ravensbrück will be available online at www.kennesaw.edu/historymuseum.

The Museum of History & Holocaust Education's newest traveling exhibit is 'Beyond Rosie: Women in World War II'. Jane Tucker, a real life "Rosie", talks about her experiences and how important it is to remember what women went through during World War II. World War II, more so than any conflict before it, included and relied upon the contributions of women. Though the war was a global conflict with much of the combat taking place in European and South Pacific theaters, its effects rocked American society and challenged established gender roles in American life. Women, many of whom had served in traditional domestic roles before the war, had new opportunities to challenge stereotypes that cast them as unfit for wartime service or certain types of industrial work. Beyond Rosie: Women in World War II, the MHHE’s newest ten-panel traveling exhibit, tells the stories of women’s involvement in the war—on the home front, in military auxiliary services, in volunteer organizations, in the work force, and as targets and recipients of energetic propaganda campaigns—that go beyond the iconic image of “Rosie” to explore the diversity of women’s roles.

Deborah Lipstadt discusses the issue of holocaust denial and her experiences with it. She discusses a particular experience with David Irving, a well known World War II historian and holocaust denier, in which she became involved in a libel case against David Irving concerning holocaust denial.

The exhibition, titled “The Tuskegee Airmen: The Segregated Skies of World War II,” depicts the history and heroism of the airmen who began training in a segregated program at Tuskegee Army Air Field in 1941. It is a collaborative project of KSU’s Museum of History and Holocaust Education and public history students who served as curators with assistance from the Tuskegee University Archives and the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, both in Tuskegee, Ala., and the Atlanta branch of the Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. The 10-panel exhibit features historic images from the Library of Congress, the National Archives and the Tuskegee University Archives, including many photos by renowned photographer Toni Frissell. The display presents the broad history as well as intimate portraits of the more than 1,000 pilots who trained over five years. As a result of their heroic combat missions and the service of more than 16,000 support personnel, President Harry Truman was influenced to integrate the military in 1948.