Events

Boswell Book Company presents an evening with Anne Berest, author of Prix Goncourt finalist The Postcard. Cosponsored by Alliance Française de Milwaukee, Nathan and Esther...

Film historians David Fantle and Tom Johnson will give an in-person talk on their latest book: C’mon, Get Happy: The Making of Summer Stock. Summer Stock is...

Set in 1940, the film centers on German journalist Ludwig, who is on the run from the Nazis, and his 12-year-old son Rolf. They are...

After the Nazi occupation of Paris, a talented jeweler, Joseph Haffmann, fearing the worst, arranges for his family to flee the city and offers his...

Thought to be lost, a print of the film was discovered at a Parisian flea market in 2015 and digitally restored through a crowdfunding campaign....

A Panel discussion about the Present Music presentation of the film: A City Without Jews. Join us for a discussion of Antisemitism, how its centuries of...

Register HERE. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) and the American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office present Americans and the Holocaust, a traveling exhibition...

Discussion with HERC staff and the Wisconsin Historical Society's Kurt Griesemer, an Emmy Award winning creator and producer of Wisconsin Biographies and co-author of the...

In the wake of the successful "Americans and the Holocaust" exhibition at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the recent PBS documentary “The U.S....

Connect with other Milwaukee area young professionals with a complimentary drink, an exclusive look at the Milwaukee Public Library's Richard E. & Lucile Krug Rare...

Attend the 45-minute screening of the groundbreaking PBS documentary, "The U.S. and the Holocaust," directed by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein. HERC was...

Samantha Abramson, HERC's Executive Director, will facilitate a conversation with local Holocaust survivor Eva Zaret. Eva will share stories of her time during the Holocaust...