![]() It was one of the very first full length pictures along with few others, such as Gone With The Wind (1939) and The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), to be shot in Three Strip Technicolor instead of in all black and white or Two Strip Technicolor, The film was directed by Victor Fleming. The Wizard of Oz is a Hollywood musical produced by MGM in 1939, consisting almost of an all star cast.Ī richly detailed watercolor painting of The Wizard of Oz The holocaust of the Jews was a real part of the world’s history, but the genocide of the American Indians was a mere footnote.Aug" Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." ― Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale (1939) When it comes to the Indian people “genocide” is a word that is merely whispered. But the play will go on because no one, except the Lakota people, will make the connection between Hitler and Baum. My grandmother held me on her lap when I was a baby and so to me, and to the rest of the Giago family and the Lakota people, it is not ancient history. Sophie Giago was my grandmother and so for those who want to chalk up Baum’s call for genocide as ancient history they are wrong. But then keep in mind that Hitler was just writing about Jews and Baum about Indians, totally inconsequential to the Master Race and the white settlers. Now what is the difference to what Hitler wrote and what L. Think about it: He, just like Adolph Hitler, called for the genocide of a race of people. And now, this man who called for genocide against a people, is being lauded for a play based on his book. Frank Baum wrote the book, “The Wizard of Oz” 10 years later. ![]() Sophie Giago, her friend’s and her entire family should be wiped from the face of the earth. But then again, he was just calling for the murder of Indians and that was totally inconsequential to the white settlers and so-called pioneers of that era. There is no other conclusion any one of normal intelligence can reach about this quote. In plain English this newspaper editor is calling for “genocide” against the Lakota people. He wrote about the massacre that had just occurred at Wounded Knee with this editorial, “Having wronged them before perhaps we should wrong them one more time and wipe these untamed and untamable creatures from the face of the earth.”Ĭanyon in South Dakota where the December 29, 1890, Wounded Knee Massacre took ![]() Eight days later an editorial appeared in the Aberdeen (SD) Saturday Review written by the editor, L. ![]() In what turned out to be one of the deadliest massacres in American history, the Hotchkiss guns mounted on the hills surrounding Wounded Knee sprang into action and began to mow down nearly 300 innocent Lakota men, women and children leaving their torn and bloody bodies scattered for miles along the Creek.Įlements of the cavalry, pursuing stragglers, boldly rode on to the Mission grounds, some with blood on their uniforms and gloves, and Sophie and the other Lakota employees and students were forced to water and feed their horses. The troops of the 7th Cavalry had just stopped Chief Sitanka and his 300 followers at Wounded Knee. On December 29, 1890, Sophie Giago was working at the Holy Rosary Indian Mission about 15 miles from Wounded Knee Creek. Why the comparison? Let’s take a close look at some of South Dakota’s more nefarious history because this part of it is synonymous with Hitler’s efforts at genocide. The billboards and newspaper ads I am mimicking are those announcing the Broadway Play, “The Wizard of Oz” that will be appearing in Rapid City on December 9 and 10. He not only wrote about it but attempted to carry it out. ![]() Here is a book written by a man who called for the genocide of the Jewish race. “A children’s play based on Adolph Hitler’s book?” The clamor would be overwhelming. Now suppose you read this announcement in a local newspaper or saw it on a local television station. The Broadway Production of the children’s musical, “Mein Kampf” will be at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center on November 6 – 9, 2017. ![]()
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