Atlanta — By Linda Erbele on February 5, 2010 at 6:13 pm
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The Dr. Seuss you didn’t know on display in Atlanta

Did you grow up listening to the Cat in the Hat? Author Theodor Geisel, Dr. Seuss to us, was a political cartoonist at a New York newspaper from 1941 to 1943. He saw the danger of the Nazi government in Germany early and used his skills to warn people about isolationism, racism and antisemitism. You may not have realized those themes were prevalent in his books when you were little, but they are in his classics such as The Lorax, The Butter Battle Book, The Sneetches, Yertle the Turtle and Horton Hears a Who.

The Bremen Jewish Heritage & Holocaust Museum will open its exhibit of Geisel’s strong anti-Fascist political cartoons which were a call for action to the United State in the early years of WWII on February 14. Dr. Seuss Goes to War…And More! runs through August 2010. There is also a child-friendly Seussian playground. (So bring the kids!) There is original material from two private collectors and exhibits on loan from the Holocaust Museum in Houston.

A “Hall of Honor” is at the beginning of the exhibit, saluting Southern Jewish World War II veterans. You can celebrate a Jewish man or woman who served or is serving our country in the armed forces in the Tribute Journal. Submissions close March 4.

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,

nothing is going to get better, it’s not.”

- Dr. Seuss, The Lorax

The Breman is an interesting museum downtown, (see map) open Mon-Thur, 10-5, Fri 10-3 and Sun 1-5. Admission is free to members. For non-members, it is $10 adults, $7 seniors, $5 students, $3 children 3-6.

(Image courtesy Breman Jewish Heritage & Holocaust Museum. Used with permission.)