Living witnesses to the Holocaust play a central role in Holocaust education, whether in Holocaust museums, commemorations, or visits to Holocaust sites. Notwithstanding the many diaries, memoirs, and sound and video recordings of survivor testimony, the impact of encounters with living survivors is unparalleled. However, a period without living witnesses to the Holocaust is fast approaching. How are Holocaust museums preparing for that day? This talk will explore how POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews presents the Holocaust in a shifting political context.
Free and open to the public.
Co-Sponsors:
Jewish Museum Milwaukee
Milwaukee Art Museum
Milwaukee Public Museum
Sam & Helen Stahl Center for Jewish Studies
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Departments of Anthropology, Art History, and History; Center for 21st Century Studies; Center for International Education; and the Cultures & Communities and Museum Studies programs
Date:
Thu. October 18, 2018
Time:
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Location:
Milwaukee Public Museum
800 W Wells Street