The Schiller Linden Tree

Planting the Seeds: Fossler and the Schiller Linden Tree
Uprooting the Tree: WWI
Resowing the Seeds: The Return of the Schiller Linden
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Description

This exhibit chronicles the history of the Schiller Linden tree planted by professor of German language Laurence Fossler and the events surrounding its defacement and replacement.

Credits

Aaron Kern and Emily Heineman

Sections

Planting the Seeds: Fossler and the Schiller Linden Tree

This section discusses Laurence Fossler, the planting of the Schiller Linden Memorial tree, and the Schiller Day festival of 1905.

Uprooting the Tree: WWI

This section details the anti-German sentiment that enveloped the United States, and the University of Nebraska, during World War One which lead to the defacement of the Schiller-Linden Memorial.

Resowing the Seeds: The Return of the Schiller Linden

This section discusses the replacement of the plaque and the tree's enduring legacy at UNL.

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