ARTIST'S STATEMENT
My childhood included a traumatic time in Germany (1950-1953), when my father was in the Occupying Forces. During World War II, his unit had liberated Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest. The military books on our coffee table showed horrific images of the War and the victims of extermination camps.

I was confused: This happened? This can't be! Oh, my God, this is real! Those images never left me.


Herr Schmidt down the street was a camp commander. Dr. Braun was in the Nazi Party, but was forced to join, he says. Sophie Scholl, a University of Munich student, and the White Rose movement, resisted.

Surrounded by ruins, I struggled to understand how No One Knew. My conclusion, found on the Teesch family tombstone: Nur Gott Weiss Warum! (Only God Knows Why).
Nazi Party Congress 1934Eagle's NestJews Not WantedBenutzung Durch Juden Verboten (Use by Jews Is Forbidden)Higher LearningFinal Solution — Wannsee Conference 1942Final Destination — Auschwitch-Birkenau, PolandJourney's EndArbeit Macht FreiJedem Das SeineNo One KnewCrooked CrossElectric GridDead MenTalkingStairs of DeathStairs of DeathWhite RoseGhosts of AuschwitzStarvationEmptyYou Won't Need These Remember Who Wore TheseLost DreamsZyklon-BFirst Do No HarmFor the Advancement of ScienceNever AgainA Heavy PriceSophie at 22Cry! Cry! Cry! . . .Only God Knows Why