Lt. Col. Casimir M. Mieszkowski (Casimir M. Mize) collection

Identifier
irn36393
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2008.272.1
Dates
1 Jan 1933 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Stephen A. Mize

Stephen Mize donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Sept. 22, 2008.

Scope and Content

Consists of nine cigarette cards manufactured and distributed by the Nazi German Eilebrecht cigarette company. The cards, which depict propaganda images of Nazi leaders and wartime scenes, were collected and annotated by Lt. Col. Casimir M. Mieszkowski (Casimir M. Mize), who was a squadron intelligence officer with the American Army Air Forces 391st Bomb Group and who was the paternal grandfather of the donor.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.