UTW 73

The Martyrdom by the Third Reich, and the Protestant and Roman Catholic churches,
of German musicology and philosophy professor Kurt Huber, 1943

Photo note for website viewers by A K Segan, October 21, 2021: The photo shows the drawing as of October 21, 2021. It is in-progress; I plan to draw more allegorical sea monsters at top. I'm working on this new drawing to overlap the forthcoming 30th anniversary, in November 2021, of the Muranow Trolley in the Warsaw ghetto, UTW 1, which I began drawing in November 1991.

Under the Wings (art series) 73, drawing-in-progress, October 2021.
Media (as of Oct. 21, 2021): Pencil, ink, gouache, colored pencil, pieces of a woodcut (King David, 1976, by A K Segan).
Paper size: 23 in. H x 22 3/8 W
Framed, 29.5 in. H x 29.5 W [74.93 cm. H x 74.93 W]

I compiled background information on Huber from two sources:
(a) a hardcopy book in my home library: The Encyclopedia of the Third Reich, authored by Louis L.  Snyder [1907-1993], Professor of History, The City College and The University of New York (published 1998 by Wordsworth Editions, Ltd., England).
b) online: gdw-berlin.de [Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand] 

UTW 74: The Martrydom of Rita Levi, Greek Jewish child from Corfu. 

The source photo of her i used for my drawing is viewable in the Yad Vashem photo archives online:
https://photos.yadvashem.org/photo-details.html?language=en&item_id=14143838&ind=1 

Note: I compiled background information on Huber from two sources:
(a) a hardcopy book in my home library: The Encyclopedia of the Third Reich, authored by Louis L.  Snyder [1907-1993], Professor of History, The City College and The University of New York (published 1998 by Wordsworth Editions, Ltd., England).
b) online: gdw-berlin.de [Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand]

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 In 1943 Huber wrote the White Rose's sixth and final leaflet calling for an end to National Socialism, which was a political term of ideology of the Third Reich government. The leaflet was distributed by Sophie and Hans Scholl and other White Rose group members around the University of Munich campus.

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In translation to English, the text included the following: "In the name of German youth we demand of Adolph Hitler that he return to us the personal freedom which is the most valuable possession of each German, and of which he has cheated us in the lowest possible manner."

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Professor Huber was arrested by the Gestapo on 27 February 1943. The Gestapo was the German government's secret police force. According to text in The Encyclopedia of the Third Reich, authored by Louis L.  Snyder [1907-1993], Professor of History, The City College and The University of New York (published 1998 by Wordsworth Editions, Ltd., England) "Hitler [chancellor of the Third Reich] "deemed it necessary to protect the existence of the Third Reich by a political police that would track down and eliminate all dissidents, complainers, and opponents. He regarded any individual, no matter what his status, as a potential suspect. His Gestapo became a symbol of the Nazi reign of terror."
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On 13 July, 1943, Huber, and White Rose student supporter Alexander Schmorell were executed by guillotine at Stadelheim Prison, Munich. Alexander Schmorell was born Sepember 16, 1917.

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Hans Scholl, a White Rose supporter, was born September 22, 1918, and executed on February 22, 1943. Sophie Scholl (Hans and Sophie were brother and sister) was born May 9, 1921. She was executed on February 22, 1943

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See Under the Wings (UTW) 54: Sophie Scholl of the White Rose resistance group

See Sight-seeing with Dignity (SWD) 10: Sophie Scholl makes a rare appearance from the Other Side to visit Boubacar Bah at his deathbed in a hospital prison cell at the Corrections Corp. Prison of America, Newark, New Jersey, spring 2007.