When

Wednesday, April 13, 2022
4:00 pm to 6:30 pm

Where

External Venue
Pyle Center- Alumni Lounge

Event Description

The 2022 Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture features Rebecca Donner, "Mildred Harnack: An American Graduate Student at the Center of Berlin’s Underground Resistance to Hitler"

The Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture is named after a Milwaukee native who was a UW–Madison student in the 1920s. While living in Germany, Fish-Harnack assisted in the escape of German Jews and political dissidents. She is the only American civilian executed under the personal instruction of Adolf Hitler, for her resistance to the Nazi regime. This lectureship is designed to promote a greater understanding of human rights and democracy, and enrich international studies at UW-Madison. The lecture brings to campus a person who contributes to the cause of human rights through academic scholarship and/or active leadership. UW-Madison's Office of International Studies and Programs established the lecture in 1994 and coordinated it until the Human Rights Program was created.

More information on Mildred Fish Harnack is available through: https://law.wisc.edu/gls/hrp/fish_harnack.html and The UW Archives "Honoring Mildred Fish Harnack"PBS video on the Mildred Fish Harnack story: http://video.wpt.org/video/2243188017/

For more information on this event please contact Sarah Ferran, events@law.wisc.edu

In-Person Registration