This folder contains administrative materials regarding the founding and activities of the Department of African and African American Studies at the University of Minnesota. Materials include faculty files, meeting minutes and agendas, newsletters, handbooks, correspondence, and memos. On January 14, 1969, members of the Afro-American Action Com...
Creator:
University of Minnesota. Dept. of Afro-American and African Studies.
Created:
1990
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
Hirschberger depicts a prisoner being tortured in a manner that Nazis favored. The desperation of the situation is highlighted by a need for a refuge- in the midst of the mass murder-the indifference to the suffering by the United States, which repeatedly refused refugees based on outdated immigration laws and a prevailing feeling of antisemitis...
Creator:
Hirschberger, Fritz, 1912-2004
Created:
1990?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
At Auschwitz/Birkenau extermination camp some of the world's finest musicians were forced to perform for the amusement of the Nazi SS guards, while their Jewish victims were tortured and gassed. Henry Meyer, Gisela Hirschberger’s (Hirschberger’s wife) cousin played the violin in one of the death camp orchestras at Auschwitz/Birkenau. He survived...
Creator:
Hirschberger, Fritz, 1912-2004
Created:
1990?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
The Penumbra Theatre Company Records' Production Records Collection contains materials related to Penumbra's productions records from various plays, set designs, costume designs, oversized production scripts, and programs.
Creator:
Penumbra Theatre Company
Created:
1990 - 1991
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Archie Givens, Sr. Collection of African American Literature.