Press Room

Welcome to the Press Room for the New Mexico Holocaust & Intolerance Museum. This area of our web site contains an archive of the press releases we have created and distributed, plus articles that have been written about us.

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August 2006 - Fighting the Fires of Hate Exhibit to Run August 14 - October 7

Event: Opening Reception and Presentation for Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings with Guest Speaker Renee Firestone
Date: August 19, 2006
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Location: Main Library, 501 Copper NW, Albuquerque
Contact: (505) 768-5115
Cost: Free

Description: Renowned lecturer and Auschwitz survivor Renee Firestone will speak at the Main Library on August 19 at 2:00 p.m. to commemorate the opening of Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings, a traveling exhibition from the U.S. National Holocaust Memorial Museum. Ms. Firestone will speak about the exhibition and her experiences as a Holocaust survivor. A reception will follow in the Library's community room. Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings focuses on how the book burnings became a potent symbol during World War II in America’s battle against Nazism. View the exhibition at the Main Library in downtown Albuquerque, 501 Copper NW, from August 14, 2006 through October 7, 2006 during the library’s hours of operation. Free and open to the public. For additional information, visit the website: www.cabq.gov/library, or call 768-5115. The New Mexico Foundation for Human Rights Projects, the New Mexico Holocaust and Intolerance Museum and the Friends for the Public Library are sponsoring the opening events.

February 2005 - New Mexico Holocaust and Intolerance Museum features African American “Freedom From Slavery” Exhibit in Commemoration of Black History Month

January 2005 - Memory of Holocaust Lives On (as printed in the Albuquerque Journal)

January 2005 - Holocaust Museum Elects New Officers (as printed in the New Mexico Jewish Link)

October 2004 - Exhibit Devoted to Heroism Displayed by Oskar Schindler During Holocaust (as printed in the Albuquerque Journal)

April 2004 - Museum in Dire Need of Volunteers (as printed in the New Mexico Jewish Link)

February 2004 - NM Holocaust & Intolerance Museum Honors Black History Month

October, 2002 Newsletter (Adobe Acrobat Format, 128 KB)

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March 2002 - New Mexico Holocaust & Intolerance Museum Provides Teacher Training on Intolerance (State of New Mexico - Department of Education)

January 2001 - Beyond the Holocaust (as printed in the Albuquerque Journal)

July 1999 - NM Holocaust & Intolerance Museum Seeks World War II Memorabilia