Schaumburg Library honors Holocaust Remembrance Day with two programs in January

Posted December 27, 2021 10:00 pm

Hollis Sienkiewicz

To honor Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, 2022, Schaumburg Library is offering a viewing and discussion of the documentary Hitler's Courts on Jan. 25 and an evening with author Michael Greenberg discussing his book Tables Turned on Them: Jews Guarding Nazi POWs on Jan. 18.

Along with Arlington Heights Memorial Library, Schaumburg Library is co-sponsoring an evening with author and filmmaker Joshua M. Greene. View Greene's 35-minute documentary Hitler's Courts, then join him for a discussion of the consequences of appointing judges based not on their wisdom but on their allegiance to the head of state. This program will take place online on Zoom on Tuesday, Jan. 25 at 7 p.m. You may also watch this program live streamed on YouTube at SchaumburgLibrary.tv. Learn more and register now at SchaumburgLibrary.org.

In his book Tables Turned on Them: Jews Guarding Nazi POWs, author Michael Greenberg chronicles his father's experience as a Jewish GI assigned to guard German POWs at Camp Clinton in Mississippi. Join Greenberg for a discussion of his book and this topic online on Zoom on Tuesday, Jan. 18 at 7 p.m. You may also watch this program live streamed on YouTube at SchaumburgLibrary.tv. Learn more and register now at SchaumburgLibrary.org.

Schaumburg Township District Library is committed to providing relevant information, books, media, technology and programs for all ages in a safe and friendly environment through the service of well-trained staff.

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