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Description:: Black and white photograph of the group The King's Singers. Signed by all members.
Created:: 1990
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Performing Arts Archives.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-21

Description:: Kulmhof, or Chelmno, located in Poland, was the first Nazi extermination camp. After the victims arrived at Chelmno, they were taken in groups of fifty - men, women and children - to the ground floor of the Schloss (manor-house). There, they were told to strip and put their valuables in a basket. The victims were then taken to the cellar, past s...
Creator:: Hirschberger, Fritz, 1912-2004
Created:: 1990?
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-15

The Last Lesson

Description:: A Nazi guard talking to a nine year old Jewish boy who is on his way to be gassed in an Auschwitz gas chamber:"Well my boy, you know a lot for your age""I know that I know a lot, and I also know that I won't learn any more," the boy replies.- From the sworn testimony of witness Wolken; 1965 trial of Nazi criminals. Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Creator:: Hirschberger, Fritz, 1912-2004
Created:: 1990?
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-15

Description:: The painting resembles various paintings of the Last Supper. the most famous being Leonardo da Vinci's from (1494-98). The Last Supper serves as a symbol of betrayal by the world to accept and protect Jews fleeing from Nazi Germany.
Creator:: Hirschberger, Fritz, 1912-2004
Created:: 1990?
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-15

Contributor:: Beardon, Romare
Created:: 1990
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Archie Givens, Sr. Collection of African American Literature.
Last Updated:: 2018-01-22

Description:: The "price for silence" is the loss of one's own rights. One of the best commentaries on this was by Martin Niemoller (1892-1984):First they came for the Communists,and I didn't speak up,because I wasn't a Communist.Then they came for the Jews,and I didn't speak up,because I wasn't a Jew.Then they came for the Catholics,and I didn't speak up,bec...
Creator:: Hirschberger, Fritz, 1912-2004
Created:: 1990?
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-15

Creator:: McKenzie, Alexander Anderson
Created:: 1990
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Page Count:: 20
Last Updated:: 2021-09-08

Description:: 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
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Archie Givens, Sr. Collection of African American Literature.
Page Count:: 5
Last Updated:: 2018-03-05

Description:: 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
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Archie Givens, Sr. Collection of African American Literature.
Page Count:: 45
Last Updated:: 2018-03-05

Description:: Hirschberger created a visual pun combining the name of the ship and the name of a famous Blues song. The "Blues" is a genre of music that originated among African-Americans in the Deep South, blending African and European Folk tunes, incorporating chants, spirituals and work songs (which during slavery were sometimes used to convey codes and me...
Creator:: Hirschberger, Fritz, 1912-2004
Created:: 1990?
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-15