Reflect

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

A Special Thank You

​    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. 

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

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

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.

Open Daily  

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

330 E. College Ave., Appleton, WI

920.735.9370

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