Distinguished Professor and Bronze Star Medalist to Speak
 Guy Stern, co-curator of Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings, is coming to the Castle Museum on Tuesday, September 28th. His talk will begin at Noon and is free with museum admission.
Dr. Stern is the sole surviving member of a Jewish family from Hildesheim, Germany, that was lost in the Holocaust. As the oldest child and only son, his parents sent him to America, where he joined his uncle’s family in St. Louis and resumed his high school education. Like other exiles from Europe in the late 1930s, Stern brought with him a set of skills that would later prove invaluable to him and his new homeland.
Among his most deeply held goals was a desire to return to Europe to fight in World War II against the Nazis. The U.S. Army established a special training base at Camp Ritchie in Maryland to prepare experts on Germany, many of them Jewish exiles, to be spies, interrogators and translators. Dr. Stern served as a master sergeant in the military intelligence service of the U.S. Army, taking part in the Normandy invasion. His experiences were commemorated in Christian Bauer’s 2004 documentary film “The Ritchie Boys”. Stern won a Bronze Star Medal for his innovative interrogation techniques created and applied during the end of World War II.
Celebrating 75 Years of the SBSO
An exhibit celebrating 75 years of the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra opened Friday, August 27th. Members of the Historical Society and SBSO were treated to a sneak preview reception the night before. New conductor Brett Mitchell was on hand to meet the guests.
The Castle Museum is pleased to welcome Mr. Mitchell back to the Museum on Tuesday, September 14th for its Lunch and Learn series. Mr. Mitchell will discuss the symphony program for this year and his vision for the future. His talk begins at Noon and is free with paid admission to the Museum. Guests are welcome to bring a sack lunch. The Museum will provide dessert and a beverage.
For more information, contact Marketing Coordinator Ruth Mancina at 752-2861, Ext. 315.
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Fall Historical Tours
The Castle Museum is offering two tours this fall that will focus on downtown Saginaw and Oakwood Cemetery.
Wednesday, September 29th, Deputy Director Tom Trombley will visit “The Sites of Downtown Saginaw – A History of the City and its Buildings”. Since its initial development in the 1850s as the City of East Saginaw, downtown Saginaw has been a regional center of commerce and the focal point of civic and social life. We will use the history of its streets and buildings to unlock the rich, colorful and diverse history they record – the story of how a marshy bayou was transformed into a thriving city that would become an important manufacturing center. The tour begins at the Castle Museum at 1:00 p.m. and is $5.00 per person. It is free for members of the Historical Society.
Sunday, October 17th, Tom will tour Oakwood Cemetery and share its history. The tour begins at 2:00 p.m. at Oakwood Cemetery. The cost is $10.00 per person. It is free for members of the Historical Society.
Reservations are required for both tours and can be made by calling Tom at 752-2861, Ext. 304, or by email: ttrombley@castlemuseum.org.
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