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Sigrid Schultz – Investigative Reporter who predicted WWII

David Milne lecture on Sigrid Schultz and interviewing Hitler

Event Details

Date
Thursday, February 6, 2020
Time
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Location
University Club, 803 State Street
Description
American-born Sigrid Schultz worked in Berlin as Chicago Tribune’s first female chief correspondent during the years after World War I. Interviewing Adolf Hitler and other Nazi officials, often writing under a pseudonym, Schultz bravely documented the rising threat of the Nazi regime.
Dr. David Milne is a Professor of Modern History at the University of East Anglia, U.K. conducting research at the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Sponsored by Friends of UW-Mad Libraries & the Mosse Program
Cost
This lunch-lecture is free and open to the public with R.S.V.P.

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