With the arrival of Hitler, Jews that had converted to Christianity - many before the turn of the century - were (without any real resistance) abandoned by their churches to the terror of Nazi persecution and death in concentration camps.Marrano (Spanish, literally meaning pig) was a derogatory term used to describe Jews who converted to Christi...
Creator:
Hirschberger, Fritz, 1912-2004
Created:
1990?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
One of the cruelest stories of the Holocaust is the deportation of orphans. This took place in nearly every country, but the best-known stories are the deportations from France and from the Polish cities of Krakow and Warsaw."At Jozefinska Street, the Germans started to liquidate the Kinderheim (home for children). Wagons arrived into which the ...
Creator:
Hirschberger, Fritz, 1912-2004
Created:
1990?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
On July 20, 1933 a treaty (the Concordat) was signed between the German government and the Vatican.The agreement gave Catholics the freedom of private religious practice in return for the Vatican’s recognition of the legitimacy of the Nazi government. The treaty also effectively dissolved Catholic political and trade union organizations which in...
Creator:
Hirschberger, Fritz, 1912-2004
Created:
1990?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
The hooked cross (swastika), placed in the center of the traditional symbol of Christianity, was adopted by the Protestant German Christian Movement (Deutsche Christen, or D.C.) as their symbol. As a group within the German Protestant Church, it was openly endorsed by the Nazi party. In 1933 they dominated the unifying process of the 29 regional...
Creator:
Hirschberger, Fritz, 1912-2004
Created:
1990?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
For every evil under the sunThere is a remedy or there is noneIf there be one, seek till you find itIf there be none, never mind it.- Mother GooseIn the Christian Bible, the Book of Revelations (6:1-8) tells the story of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse who symbolize the four elements of destruction: Famine, Pestilence, War, and Death. The fo...
Creator:
Hirschberger, Fritz, 1912-2004
Created:
1990?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
The image refers to the medical experimentation done on inmates at various concentration camps. The most infamous experiments were at Dachau (hypothermia and high-altitude experiments), Dr. Mengele’s lethal experiments on twins at Auschwitz and simulated gunshot experiments on women at Ravensbruck. The paradox of the Nazi era was that an order f...
Creator:
Hirschberger, Fritz, 1912-2004
Created:
1990?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.