Just eight dresses, fabricated from Hedy’s sketches, tell their tragic story in this unforgettable exhibition.

"Stitching History from the Holocaust Update" is a local television program created by The Arts Page presented by Milwaukee PBS.   

  Reflect

• ​Human Suffering​
  
• Talents Lost
  
• ​Lessons on Intolerance
  

A Special Thank You

Exhibit Ends January 30, 2023

A True Story of Talent Lost

Stitching History from the Holocaust is an original exhibit created by and on loan from the Jewish Museum Milwaukee.

​    Learn

• Holocaust History
• Immigration History
  
• Fashion History 
  

  Watch

• ​Milwaukee PBS' Emmy award-winning special about the exhibit ​​

Stitching History from the Holocaust is sponsored at the History Museum at the Castle by Bob and Bonnie Buchanan.

Desperately seeking asylum, they hoped that Hedy’s dress designs would provide a livelihood for them in the United States if they escaped Europe. 

Open Daily, Except Tuesdays  

10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

330 E. College Ave., Appleton, WI

920.735.9370

From Prague, Czechoslovakia Paul and Hedy Strnad wrote to Paul’s cousin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin during the winter of 1939.