"Skokie Invaded But Not Conquered" narrator Aaron Freemn looks at an Illinois Holocust Museum display on the neo-Nazis' efforts to march in Skokie. Museum Executive Director Rick Hirschhaut and filmmaker Todd Whitman look on. | Buzz Orr~Sun-Times Media
Narrator Aaron Freeman (from left), Filmmaker Tood Whitman, and Illinois Holocaust Museum Executive Director Rick Hirschhaut explore the landmark case of neo-Naxis trying to march in Skokie in 1977 and 1978 in a new documentary. | Buzz Orr~Sun-Times Media
A new documentary on neo-Nazis' efforts to march in Skokie in 1977 and 1978 is the subject of a new WTTW documentary. The film had its premire last week at the Illinois Holocaust Museum. | Buzz Orr~Sun-Times Media
The Illinois Holocaust Museum has an exhibit on the neo-Nazis' efforts to march in 1977 and 1978 in Skokie. The landmark controversy is the subject of a new WTTW documentary. | Buzz Orr~Sun-Times Media
Neo-Nazi Frank Collin in 1978 announces he is calling off a march in Skokie after his group is allowed to demonstrate in Chicago. | Chicago Sun-Times Library
Neo-Nazi Frank Collin in 1978 announces he is calling off a march in Skokie after his group is allowed to demonstrate in Chicago. | Chicago Sun-Times Library
Frank Collin and his National Socialist Party of America threatened to march in Skokie in 1977, sparking a landmark controversy and legal case. This history is now the subject of a new documentary. | Photo courtesy of the Illinois Holocaust Museum
A neo-Nazi group's threat to march in Skokie in 1977 and 1978 led to survivors ultimately creating the Illinois Holocaust Museum where there is an interactive display about the original event. | File photo
When the Illinois Holocaust Museum opened in 2009, a small group of neo-Nazis marched outside, a reminder of the hate that still exists in the world and why the museum was created. | Photo by Scott Olson~Getty Images.
When the Illinois Holocaust Museum opened in 2009, a small group of neo-Nazis marched outside, a reminder of the hate that still exists in the world and why the museum was created. | Photo by Scott Olson~Getty Images.
Writer/producer Aaron Freeman (foreground) looks at an interactive display while with Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center Executive Director Rick Hirschhaut (back left) and filmmaker Todd Whitman (back right) prior to the showing of the film "Sko
One of the many ways to divide time — especially in this area — is to look at life before and after the neo-Nazis tried to march in downtown Skokie. The significance of what Illinois Holocaust Museum Executive Director Rick Hirschhaut calls “a seminal event in history” 35 years ago can still be felt today. … Read More