You know those weird looking figurines on your grandmother's shelves? Those little Aryan children clad in leiderhosen and looking adorable against bucolic backdrops? They are not only worth a "fortune" they were the bane of Hitler's existence....well.....one of them.

Learn about female entrepreneur Sister Maria Innocentia Hummel who sought to create beautiful pieces of art celebrating her students but was hijacked by a greedy convent and thwarted by the Third Reich.

Rob gives Ray a lesson in the history of Hummel figurines, which are worth the most, why they adorn the shelves of our elderly relatives, how Sister Maria created these figurines and how Hitler wanted them stopped, why they made a resurgence in the 1970s, and how to make sure you are paying for legitimate Hummels!

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TEAM:

Ray Hebel

Robert W Schneider

Mark Schroeder

Billy Recce

Daniel Schwartzberg

Gabe Crawford

Natalie DeSavia

WEBSITES

Wikipedia

Hummel Website

Museum of Hummels 

Hummels of Note

History of Hummel Figurines

The Religious History of Hummels

BOOKS

A List of Hummel Books

ARTICLES

Kitsch and Capitalism

AUDIO/VISUAL

Ebay Seller 

 Dr. Lori

Museum of Hummels

 Music and Sound Effects

“Elevator Music and Elevator Jazz” by David Luong

German Accordion Music

German Folk Music (Deutsch Spieler Chorus)

Bad Trumpet Fanfare

“Please Take Your Seats” Announcement

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