Stutthof: A Nazi Camp Near Danzig

Prof. Ruth Schwertfeger

Prof. Ruth Schwertfeger’s book is the first scholarly publication in English to break the silence of Stutthof, a concentration camp largely unknown outside of Poland. In this lecture, Prof. Schwertfeger will share her groundbreaking research into this little-known camp, where 120,000 people were interned and at least 65,000 perished.

RUTH SCHWERTFEGER is Professor Emerita of German at 51����. Her latest book is A Nazi Camp Near Danzig: Perspectives on Shame and on the Holocaust from Stutthof (Bloomsbury, 2022). She is also the author of In Transit: Narratives of German Jews in Exile, Flight, and Internment During ‘The Dark Years’ of France; The Wee Wild One: Stories of Belfast and Beyond; and Women of Theresienstadt: Voices from a Concentration Camp.

The Stahl Center Distinguished Lecture is made possible by a generous gift by the Baye Foundation. Cosponsored by the Nathan & Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center and 51����’s Golda Meir Libraries.Also supported by 51����’s Departments of Ancient & Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures; Global Studies; and History; and by the German Program and the Program in Russian & East European Studies. Click here for PDF program flyer.

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Indecent at the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, March 10 – 27. Information and tickets . To download the PDF event flyer, click here.

March 7 – May 9: Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center. Perhift Players: Yiddish Theater in Milwaukee. Free exhibit in the JCC Surlow Promenade Gallery.

March 15, 6:00 pm CST. Virtual Event. “Why Sholem Asch Matters: A virtual panel discussion with Caraid O’Brien, David Mazower, and Joel Berkowitz. Hosted by the Yiddish Book Center. Free, but

March 17 & 24th. Broadway Theatre Center. Talkbacks following the 7:30 pm performance with actors and guest speakers. Free with admission.

March 22, 7:30 pm. Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center. Staged reading of Sholem Asch’s God of Vengeance followed by a Q&A led by Jody Hirsh. Details at

March 23, 6:30 – 7:10 pm. Broadway Theatre Center. ViewPoints: An informal pre-show discussion on ideas, history, and production. Free with admission.

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Monday, November 18

4:00 pm Jewish Diversity Today: A Conversation with Filmmaker Lacey Schwartz

Sam & Helen Stahl Center for Jewish Studies • 3367 N. Downer Ave.

As a Jewish woman of color, filmmaker, and outreach strategist, Lacey Schwartz has long been deeply engaged with issues of racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity in the Jewish community. Her film projects and advocacy work have helped make her a national leader on questions related to Jewish diversity. This session provides a unique opportunity to hear her perspective on these questions, in an informal discussion moderated by Shahanna McKinney-Baldon, a seasoned educator and activist on matters of Jewish diversity, and founder and project director of Edot Midwest. Kosher refreshments will be served.

7:00 pm Film Screening & Talkback with Director Lacey Schwartz

51���� Union Cinema • 2200 E. 51����.

Little White Lie tells Lacey Schwartz’s story of growing up in a middle-class Jewish household, with loving parents and Jewish identity — until she discovers that her biological father is actually a black man with whom her mother had an affair. What defines our identity, our family of origin, or the family that raises us? How do we come to terms with the sins and mistakes of our parents? Little White Lie is a personal documentary about the legacy of family secrets, denial, and redemption.

Lacey Schwartz Delgado is an award-winning producer, writer, and director who creates compelling stories that span documentary and fiction. She is the CEO of Truth Aid, which produces multimedia content to effect social change, and the Director of Outreach North America for Be’chol Lashon, which addresses racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity in the Jewish community. She directed, produced, and co-wrote the critically acclaimed documentary Little White Lie; executive produced the narrative film DIFRET, the first film to win audience awards at both the Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals; and directed and produced the digital series The Loving Generation. Lacey’s work stems from the belief that storytelling is the most powerful tool we can use to bridge societal divides in our world.

Both events are free and open to the public, thanks to generous support from Bader Philanthropies for the Stahl Center’s “Colors of Jewishness” series.

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Veretski Pass in collaboration with Joel Rubin proudly present The Magid Chronicles, an instrumental collection based on pieces collected by Sofia Magid. Next to the instrumentals and songs collected by Magid, the quartet performs music collected by Magid’s Kiev counterpart, Moyshe Beregovski, and music from Turkey, Greece and Rumania. The result combines archival work with new compositions, arrangements and improvisations. Sometimes raucous, sometimes meditative, this program is a true melding of past, present, and future.

Free and open to the public.

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A behind-the-scenes look at the making of The Magid Chronicles by Veretski Pass, in collaboration with Joel Rubin. This presentation details their project development based on the field work of Sofia Magid, the Jewish ethnographer who worked intensively to document Jewish music in Belarus and Ukraine during Stalin’s regime in the 1920s and 30s. Magid’s 600 recordings contain rare examples of women’s songs and instrumental pieces from these regions, which form the nucleus of this fascinating event.

Free and open to the public.

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Please join Professor Joel Berkowitz in conversation with Debra Caplan and Alyssa Quint for this celebration of two recent books by members of the Digital Yiddish Theater Project. This event is free and open to the public.

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During World War I, a motley group of amateurs, refugees, and out-of-work actors revolutionized the Yiddish stage. Achieving unlikely success, the Vilna Troupe would go on to earn the attention of theatergoers worldwide. Yiddish Empire tells the story of how these performers became the interwar equivalent of a viral sensation.

The Rise of the Modern Yiddish Theater focuses on the life and work of Avrom Goldfaden, one of the most colorful figures in the history of the Yiddish stage. Quint explores how the actors who performed his plays absorbed theater into their everyday lives, and paints a vivid picture of Jewish religion, politics, and daily life in late Imperial Russia.

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Tuesday, April 30 2019 at 7:00 pm

Free and open to the public.

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