TRACES WWII touring exhibits and presentations

TRACES is a now-defunct museum headed by Michael Luick-Thrams based in St. Paul with a focus on WWII era history. They cover a variety of topics with their exhibits and presentations, including German POWs in the Midwest, German-American internees, escapees from Germany who ended up in the Midwest, and Midwest POWs in Germany. TRACES put together a proposed tour of our 32 libraries for April, which included a kick-off event at the St. Cloud Public Library on Saturday, April 3, which included the exhibit “Behind Barbed Wire” on Midwest POWs in Germany on their traveling museum in a converted school bus (the “Buseum”), and the “VANISHED” exhibit was on display from April-end of May at the St. Cloud Public Library, which explores the history of German-Americans who were held prisoner during the war (internees). TRACES was also able to bring two speakers for the April 3 event; Eberhard Fuhr was interned during the war in Crystal City, Texas, and Edith Lichtenstein Morgan’s family fled Germany mere months after Hitler came to power, traveling across Switzerland, France, and finally America from New York to Iowa and, ultimately, to St. Paul for her father to work at Macalester College. The Buseum traveled to all 32 libraries (schedule below) and Michael Luick-Thrams did presentations at some locations, roughly one per day of the tour.

Location attendance counts; Exhibit showing - 1905 people/Programs - 363 people