“A Voice in the Wilderness: The Vita Nova Publishing House and Its Anti-Nazi Program,” a lecture by Michael Wachtel
Event Details
Date
Thursday, September 17, 2026
Time
4-5:15 p.m.
Location
206 Ingraham Hall
Description
The talk is based on approximately 800 pages of unpublished correspondence between the Jewish philosopher and musician Evsei Davidovich Shor and the Protestant writer and publisher Rudolf Roessler. The correspondence focuses on the early years of the publishing house during 1930s.
This event is part of the CREECA Lecture Series and Co-sponsored by CREECA, the Center for German and European Studies, the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic+, and the Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies.
This event is part of the CREECA Lecture Series and Co-sponsored by CREECA, the Center for German and European Studies, the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic+, and the Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please call 608-262-3379 (voice only) or email events@creeca.wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Thursday, September 3, 2026, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.