Quad Cities Campus

Leibovitz Holocaust Collection

Supporting the professional development of teachers and the continued education of children about the Holocaust.

Introduction

Housed at the Western Illinois University-Quad Cities Library in Moline, the Jeff Leibovitz Special Collection of Holocaust Education Materials is a valuable resource for use in instruction and research about the Holocaust. The contents of the collection are carefully chosen by the Leibovitz Collection Steering Committee to represent the highest quality materials aimed at teachers and students. The Leibovitz Collection contains books, audiovisual materials, and specially designed classroom resources such as posters and curriculum kits. The collection also features traveling cases of materials for teaching an entire unit on the Holocaust.

Topics Covered

Some topics covered in the Leibovitz Collection are as follows:

  • The origins of Hitler's campaign against the Jews.
  • Children in the Holocaust.
  • Daily life in concentrations camps.
  • People who hid from the Nazis and those who helped them.
  • Persecutions of non-Jewish ethnic groups during the Holocaust.
  • Holocaust survivors and their stories.

Accessing the Collection

Quad Cities area teachers may borrow materials, including the curriculum trunks, for use in developing and teaching lessons about the Holocaust. The Leibovitz Collection may also be used by all persons affiliated with Western Illinois University. Please contact the Quad Cities Library to learn more at 309-762-9481 or JL-Hancks@wiu.edu.

WIU Quad Cites Library Hours

Collection Inventory

Community Partners

The Leibovitz Collection has been supported by generous contributions from both individual donors and community organizations. Among those who have helped in the effort to build the Leibovitz Collection are the following:

Related Links

The Holocaust Education Committee of the Greater Quad City Area - Mission:  to promote a higher awareness of the Holocaust as a unique historical event with universal implications for today.

Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center - located in Skokie, Illinois.

The Midwest Center for Holocaust Education - located in Overland Park, Kansas.

The Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes/ Remembrance Authority - The website has a large collection of educational resources.