The Ellacuria Tapes: A Martyr at Loyola
In 2013 students from Dr. Berger's Cold War in the Americas Class conducted research at the Loyola Archives and Special Collections on the 1986 visit of Ignacio Ellacuria, S.J., rector of the University of Central America in San Salvador and internationally known liberation theologian, to Loyola University Chicago. During this visit, Fr. Ellacuria was awarded an honorary degree by Loyola Chicago. Three years later, in 1989, Fr. Ellacuria was one of six Jesuits murdered, along with their housekeeper and her daughter, in their home on the campus of the University of Central America. Dr. Berger's class created a physical exhibit for Cudahy Library and a digital exhibit based on their research. While the physical exhibit was only available for one semester, the digital exhibit is still available online.
The digital exhibit illluminates the ways in which faculty, staff, and students at Loyola responded to the conflict in El Salvador and the murder of Fr. Ellacuría and his fellow priests. Using archival footage, images, and documents, this exhibit shows how Loyola played a central role in the solidarity movement in the 1980s and early 1990s.
In 2013 students from Dr. Berger's Cold War in the Americas Class conducted research at the Loyola Archives and Special Collections on the 1986 visit of Ignacio Ellacuria, S.J., rector of the University of Central America in San Salvador and internationally known liberation theologian, to Loyola University Chicago. During this visit, Fr. Ellacuria was awarded an honorary degree by Loyola Chicago. Three years later, in 1989, Fr. Ellacuria was one of six Jesuits murdered, along with their housekeeper and her daughter, in their home on the campus of the University of Central America. Dr. Berger's class created a physical exhibit for Cudahy Library and a digital exhibit based on their research. While the physical exhibit was only available for one semester, the digital exhibit is still available online.
The digital exhibit illluminates the ways in which faculty, staff, and students at Loyola responded to the conflict in El Salvador and the murder of Fr. Ellacuría and his fellow priests. Using archival footage, images, and documents, this exhibit shows how Loyola played a central role in the solidarity movement in the 1980s and early 1990s.