From the Press

2023

60 survivors at Holocaust dinner(Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle – November 14, 2023)

Press Release for Opening Exhibit of Americans and the Holocaust (Milwaukee Public Library/HERC – October 25, 2023)

2022

The Essential Role of Everyday People in a Democracy (Isthmus Madison, WI – May 13, 2022)

Holocaust Remembrance Day Important More than Ever as Antisemitic Incidences on Rise in Wisconsin (CBS 58 – April 28, 2022)

Survey Shows Impact of Student Programming by Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center (Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle – March 7, 2022)

2021

Gripping Biography Details How Milwaukee’s Mildred Harnack Led Resistance to Hitler While Living in Berlin (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – August 18, 2021)

Gov. Evers Signs Bill Requiring Holocaust and Other Genocides Education for Wisconsin Students (Fox6 Now – April 28, 2021)

New Law Requires Wisconsin Schools to Teach the Holocaust, Other Genocides (WCCO CBS Minnesota – April 28, 2021)

Wisconsin Schools Required to Teach Holocaust Under New Law (US News – April 28, 2021)

Holocaust Survivor Shares Her Story (620WTMJ – April 8, 2021)

Yom HaShoah Speaker was Rescued by Muslim Family (Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle – April 2, 2021)

Holocaust Education Bill Passes Wisconsin Senate After Delays Due to Coronavirus (Cleveland Jewish News – March 18, 2021)

Republicans and Democrats Agree on This: Teaching the Holocaust (Wisconsin Examiner – March 8, 2021)

Milwaukee Organization Step Up Effort to Require Holocaust Education in Wisconsin Schools (CBS WDJT 58 – January 24, 2021)

Bill Would Make Holocaust Education Mandatory for Wisconsin Public School Students (News 8000 – January 27, 2021)

Catholic, Jewish Communities Team Up for Holocaust Education (Catholic Herald – January 27, 2021)

Holocaust Educator: Capitol Riots Should Serve as Wake-Up Call (WISN-12 – January 27, 2021)

2020

Hilde Adler to Recall Kristallnacht in Online Event (Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle – October 30, 2020)

Seeking to Fill a Need, Local Holocaust Center to Launch a Curriculum Tool for Teachers Everywhere (Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle – October 2, 2020)

The View from Milwaukee’s Holocaust Seder (Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle – October 2, 2020)

Eva Goldschmidt Wyman, Chilean Holocaust Survivor (Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle – May 21, 2020)

Dr. Dan Haumschild and HERC (620 WTMJ Jeff Wagner Podcast – April 19, 2020 at 1:21:55)

With Strong Support, Holocaust Education Bill Awaits (Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle – April 14, 2020)

Walk for Israel and Other Events (Including Yom HaShoah) Were Already Planned (Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle – March 26, 2020)

Holocaust Education Bill in State Senate Committee Will Likely Pass, Chair Says (Superior Telegram – March 12, 2020)

Wisconsin One Step Closer to Holocaust Education in Public Schools (Spectrum News 1 – March 11, 2020

Holocaust Education Bill in State Senate Committee Will Likely Pass, Chair Says (Wisconsin Public Radio – March 11, 2020)

State Senate Committee to Hold Public Hearing on Holocaust Education Bill (Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle – March 2, 2020)

Author to Speak on ‘Breaking Hate’ (Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle – March 2, 2020)

Pilnik Grew Local Holocaust Center Markedly (Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle – February 27, 2020)

Wisconsin Lawmakers Pass Bill Requiring Holocaust Education Courses (Beloit Daily News – February 21, 2020)

Wisconsin Assembly Unanimously Votes to Pass Bill Requiring Schools to Teach about the Holocaust (The Hill – February 19, 2020)

At Public Hearing, Holocaust Bill Has Support from Speakers, Legislators (Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle – February 12, 2020)

‘Hatred Boomerangs:’ Supporters Stress Importance of Proposed Holocaust Education Bill (Fox 6 – February 12, 2020)

Lawmakers Consider Bill to Require Holocaust Education in Wisconsin Schools (CBS 58 – February 12, 2020)

Holocaust Survivor Shares Story of Resiliency at Tomah High School (WKBT TV – February 7, 2020)

WISN Editorial: Wisconsin Needs to Pass Holocaust Education Act (WISN 12 – January 31, 2020)

At Least 45 Legislators Co-Sponsor Holocaust Education Bill (Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle – January 28, 2020)

Holocaust and Genocide Education Would be Required in Wisconsin Schools under Proposed Bill (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – January 22, 2020)

Proposed Bill Would Make it Mandatory to Teach Holocaust in Wisconsin Schools (TMJ4 – January 21, 2020)

Proposal Would Require Wisconsin Schools to Teach Holocaust History (WISN 12 – January 20, 2020)

2019

Werner Richheimer Shares Story of Surviving Holocaust in Concentration Camp (WISN 12 – November 18, 2019)

Kristallnacht: Who Will Tell What Happened (TMJ4 – November 10, 1938)

Architecture of Murder: Auschwitz-Birkenau Blueprints on Display in Milwaukee (TMJ4 – October 30, 2019)

Holocaust Survivor Travels to Milwaukee to Speak in Front of Roman Catholic Parishioners (TMJ4 – October 14, 2019)

As Deborah E. Lipstadt’s Career Shifts, She’s Set to Speak Here (Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle – October 4, 2019)

‘Hatred is no good in any form’: Holocaust Survivor Speaks at UWO Months after Antisemitic Images (Oshkosh Northwestern – September 19, 2019)

Holocaust Survivor Discusses Kindness & Speaking Up against Hate at UW-Oshkosh (Fox 11 News – September 18, 2019)

My College Trip with We Bear Witness Holocaust Student Fellowship (Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle – August 21, 2019)

Words of Wisdom from Elie Wiesel: Author who Interviewed him to Speak (Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle – August 2, 2019)

TV Icon Ed Asner Performs in Reading of “The Soap Myth” (WISN 12 – May 1, 2019)

See the Legendary Ed Asner on Stage in Milwaukee (WTMJ4 – April 29, 2019)

Ed Asner visits Milwaukee for ‘The Soap Myth’ (WISN 12 – April 29, 2019)

Actor Ed Asner Stars In ‘The Soap Myth,’ Play About How We Remember History (WUWM 89.7 – April 25, 2019)

Ed Asner to star in ‘The Soap Myth’ April 29 at Congregation Shalom (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – April 23, 2019)

Yom HaShoah: Survivor to Speak at Commemoration (Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle – April 12, 2019)

‘The Last Cyclist’ Affords a Unique Holocaust History (Shepherd Express – April 8, 2019)

An Absurdist Cabaret Exploring a Dark Time Period (WTMJ4 – April 4, 2019)

Naomi Patz and The Last Cyclist (WISN 12 – April 4, 2019)

Preview of The Last Cyclist with Actor Marcee Doherty-Elst (WTMJ Radio – April 2, 2019)

Cardinal Stritch Offers Heroic and Absurdist ‘The Last Cyclist’ (Shepherd Express – April 2, 2019)

Cardinal Stritch Presents The Last Cyclist (Catholic Herald – April 2, 2019)

‘The Last Cyclist:’ A Banned Cabaret from the Terezin Ghetto Finally Reaches Audiences (WUWM Lake Effect 89.7 – April 2, 2019)

Play Written in Terezin Ghetto but Never Performed, to See the Light (Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle – March 25, 2019)

Avner Avraham in Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle (February 27, 2019)

Michael Bornstein & Debbie Bornstein Holinstat on WMTV15 (February 19, 2019)

Michael Bornstein & Debbie Bornstein Holinstat on TMJ 4 (February 17, 2019)

Holocaust Writing & Art Contest in Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle (February 13, 2019)

Michael Bornstein & Debbie Bornstein Holinstat in Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle (February 1, 2019)

Howard Melton on WISN 12 (January 28, 2019)

Werner Richheimer on WISN 12 (January 25, 2019)

Susie Fono on WISN 12 (January 24, 2019)

Eva Zaret on WISN 12 (January 23, 2019)

2018

Steven Russek & HERC on Ripon.edu (November 15, 2018)

Simon Sisters on WBY-TV (November 13, 2018)

Kristallnacht Commemoration on FOX 6 (November 11, 2018)

Tauba Biterman in Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle (September 27, 2018)

Lawyers without Rights Exhibit in Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle (September 4, 2018)

RID Program with Milwaukee Public Schools in Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle (June 6, 2018)

Jeffrey Gingold on Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (April 26, 2018)

Louise Borden on CBS 58 (March 25, 2018)

Louise Borden in Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle (March 7, 2018)

An Untold Tale: The Holocaust in Greece series on The National Herald (February 21, 2018)

Susie Fono in Kenosha News (February 16, 2018)

Eva Zaret on WISN 12 (January 27, 2018)

HERC on GoJewish! Blog (January 15, 2018)

2017

Maziar Bahari on WUWM Lake Effect 89.7FM (November 21, 2017)

Holocaust Education Fellow in Milwaukee Jewish Chronicle (November 17, 2017)

Maziar Bahari in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (November 16, 2017)

Nate Taffel in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (October 19, 2017)

HERC on GoJewish! Blog (October 18, 2017)

Howard Melton on WISN 12 (October 16, 2017)

William Marks Esq. in Milwaukee Jewish Chronicle (September 1, 2017)

Nate Taffel & Howard Melton in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (August 17, 2017)

HERC in Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle (August 1, 2017)

Surviving Terezin Series in Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle (May 3, 2017)

Father Patrick Desbois in Catholic Herald (April 28, 2017)

Linda Hooper in Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle (April 5, 2017)

Father Patrick Desbois in Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle (March 31, 2017)

Dr. Waitman Beorn in Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle (March 1, 2017)

2016

HERC in Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle (December 2, 2016)

Nancy Kennedy Barnett in Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle (December 2, 2016)

HERC in Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle (October 11, 2016)

Dr. Deborah Lipstadt in Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle (September 8, 2016)

HERC in UW-Oshkosh Today (August 29, 2016)

HERC in Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle (August 2016)

Howard Melton in Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle (May 5, 2016)

HERC in Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle (May 2016)

HERC in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (April 18, 2016)

Jeffrey Gingold in Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter (April 6, 2016)

Roger Grunwald on Ripon.edu (March 15, 2016)

Manny Chulew in the Journal Times (January 21, 2016)

HERC in UWM Report (January 6, 2016)

2015

HERC in Media Milwaukee (December 31, 2015)

Holocaust Stories Series in Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle (September 30, 2015)

Jeffrey Gingold in Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle (July 30, 2015)

Susie Fono in North Point (July 2015)

Susie Fono in Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter (April 25, 2015)

Dr. Shay Pilnik on CBS 58 News (April 16, 2015)

Angela Schluter on The Morning Blend (March 13, 2015)

Tauba Biterman on CBS 58 News (January 27, 2015)

Raye David in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (January 27, 2015)