February 14 – May 25, 2025
During WWII countries, policies, and populations across Europe were complicit in aiding the Nazis’ ‘Final Solution’ plan for ridding the continent of Jews. While the world was aware of the Jewish plight, refusals to expand immigration quotas and antisemitism severely limited the options and odds of escape and survival. Denmark’s response served as an exception. The events and actions that saved roughly 95% of Danish Jewry will be brought to light through artifacts, personal accounts, and an anchoring photographic series, Resistance and Rescue.
Resistance and Rescue includes 37 photographs by Judy Glickman Lauder, who spent years using her camera to witness the sites, stories, and people who experienced the Holocaust. Glickman Lauder recounted her 1990s photography project:
"I was asked to go to Denmark to locate and photograph many Danish World War II rescuers and survivors and to record their stories visually. It was a privilege and honor having contact with these heroic, courageous, and modest human beings. "
Designed to highlight the choices available to governments to be upstanders in the face of prejudice and discrimination, this exhibit demonstrates the importance of governmental policy in the protection of its people. Additionally, it spotlights a history of allyship and advocacy for the Jewish people by non-Jews, and explore the power of photography to record and reveal historical truths.
Choices of Consequence also includes a selection of images from the Danish Rescue Museum archives, documents and artifacts from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and will highlight the narratives of specific Danish individuals and events.
Anchored by the photo series ‘Resistance and Rescue: Denmark’s Response to the Holocaust’ on loan from the Florida Holocaust Museum, Choices of Consequence is an originally curated Jewish Museum Milwaukee exhibition.
Exhibit Related Programs
Opening Preview
Thursday, February 13, 7 – 9 p.m.
Join us for a talk by Ralph Shayne, author of the graphic novel Hour of Need: The Daring Escape of the Danish Jews during World War II, and an exhibit sneak peek with chief curator, Molly Dubin.
Virtual Curator’s Talk – Courage to Act: Rescue in Denmark
Tuesday, March 4, 6 – 7:15 p.m.
Courage to Act: Rescue in Denmark is a novel exhibit curated by the Museum of Jewish Heritage to tell the remarkable story of the rescue of the Danish Jews during the Holocaust. Join exhibit curator Sara Softness for a behind-the-scenes discussion of the development and creation of interactive and multimedia elements in this unique exhibit that speaks to audiences of all ages.
Community Free Day
Thursday, March 27, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Free admission for all MKE County Residents.
A Relaxed Occupation? Denmark During the Second World War
Thursday, March 27, 7 – 8:15 p.m.
Join Professor Dean Krouk for an examination of some of the unique circumstances that characterized the Nazi occupation of Denmark, which has been considered a more “relaxed” occupation relative to other Nazi-occupied countries.
Member-Only Hours
Sunday, March 30, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
As an exclusive thank you to our Museum Mishpacha (family) Members, please join us to explore this exhibit.
Danish Roots, American Dreams
Tuesday, April 15, 7 – 8:15 p.m.
More information coming soon.
Community Free Day + Celebration of Helen Daniels Bader
Tuesday, May 20, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
More information coming soon. In partnership with Bader Philanthropies.
Special thanks to exhibit sponsors
Harri Hoffmann Family Foundation
Jody Sussman Steren & Jeffrey Steren
Croen Foundation, Inc.
Nina & Richard Edelman
Suzy B. Ettinger*
Margie & Jon Margolies
Bert & Patricia Steigleder Charitable Trust
Thanks To Scandinavia
Nancy Kennedy Barnett & Jim Barnett*
Brewers Community Foundation, Inc.
Robin & Bernard Cohen
Neena & Richard Florsheim
Christine Gould
Green Bay Packers Foundation
Dorothy Inbusch Foundation
Cathy & Randall Nemerovski
Rhonda Pelk
Marilyn & Harry Pelz
Jeffrey Schuster
Maxine Wishner
ESTHER & FREDRIC ANCEL
O&H DANISH BAKERY
PLOTKIN FAMILY
*Donor Advised Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation
Educational programming in partnership with the Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center
Images
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Harbor, Gilleleje, 1992, black and white silver print by Judy Glickman Lauder; collection of the Florida Holocaust Museum
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1. Jens Moller, Gilleleje, 1992, black and white silver print by Judy Glickman Lauder; collection of the Florida Holocaust Museum
2. Hidding Space, Church, Gilleleje, 1992, black and white silver print by Judy Glickman Lauder; collection of the Florida Holocaust Museum
3. Susse Pundik, Gilleleje, 1992, black and white silver print by Judy Glickman Lauder; collection of the Florida Holocaust Museum
4. Ole Trock-Hansen, Gilleleje, 1992, black and white silver print by Judy Glickman Lauder; collection of the Florida Holocaust Museum