Opening Reception: "Youth Under Dictators"
Sat, Oct 12
|Pollak Library - Room PLN-130
Join us for the opening reception of our latest traveling exhibition, "Youth Under Dictators!" This free event will feature a lecture/discussion and guided tour of the exhibit by its curators.
Time & Location
Oct 12, 2024, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Pollak Library - Room PLN-130, 800 State College Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92834, USA
About the Event
This exhibition was inspired by a children's book of the same name. Written for American youth in 1941, Oril Brown's Youth Under Dictators describes the daily life of ordinary German and Russian children around the same age as its intended audience, following what would have been a typical day for a child living under the reigns of Hitler and Stalin.
Like this book, the "Youth Under Dictators" exhibition sheds light on what life was like for children and young adults growing up in some of the most notorious regimes of the twentieth century: the Soviet Union (and its Warsaw Pact allies) and Nazi Germany. It displays materials that played a role in the indoctrination of these young people: books and other print material (both State-approved and banned), youth uniforms, toys, propaganda, and more. Youth culture and everyday life are also shown through photographs. Finally, the exhibition considers what Americans knew…