Hear a lecture by painter and filmmaker Stefan Roloff, exploring the visual art and resistance of three members of the "Red Orchestra" underground anti-Nazi group. The so-called “Red Orchestra” fought against the Third Reich within Germany from 1933 to 1942. The Gestapo labeled them as Communists and traitors, a theory that was upheld by Allied Secret Services until recently. Historians now officially recognize their work as that of the largest and most diverse civil anti-Nazi resistance group. The participants held a variety of political and religious beliefs while representing the gamut of German society. Many artists were among them and forty percent were women. Putting an end to Hitler was their common goal. In 1942, more than 50 members were betrayed and murdered. Stefan Roloff will talk about them through the stories of three young painters whose work reflects their exposure to death, atrocity, and resistance in a totalitarian empire: Katja Meirowsky, Mietje Bontjes van Beek, and Rainer Küchenmeister.
New York City, NY; NYC