Pharmacy bottle. Large rectangular clear glass pharmacy bottle with a long cylindrical neck and a glass stopper with a disc-shaped head; gold, white and black glass label. Contains manufacturer markings:"SP. JUNIP. HOL" and "PAT. APR. 2 1889 -- W. T. & CO. -- B -- U. S.A."
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
John Gillow describes this piece as about 40 4ply cords of goat hair are wrapped around a short stick. Then with a wooden needle the cord adjacent to the first is split in two and the first cord worked. Through it and then through the next one and so on till it reaches down diagonally to the selvedge and then it is worked again diagonally down i...
The painting is based on an article that Hirschberger read about medical experiments conducted at Neuengamme concentration camp, located outside of Hamburg, Germany. The article told the story of 20 children who had been transported from Auschwitz to Neuengamme at the request of SS physician Kurt Heissmayer, who was conducting experiments to dev...
Creator:
Hirschberger, Fritz, 1912-2004
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
