Emily Heyser collection

Identifier: irn38830
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009 by Emily Heyser.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a commemorative medal and a book relating to the history of Germany during the Third Reich, 1933-1945.

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Medal commemorating the October 1, 1938, annexation of the Sudetenland by Nazi Germany
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn39865
- English
- 2007
- overall: Height: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Commemorative medal awarded to soldiers of the Third Reich who participated in the October 1, 1938, annexation of the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia by Germany. It was designed by Richard Klein and features two male figures representing the Sudetenland being freed from its shackles by Nazi Germany. The Sudetenland was a region of Czechoslovakia on the border with Germany where the majority of the population were ethnic Germans. In 1938, Hitler threatened to go to war unless the territory was ceded to Germany. At a conference in Munich on September 29-30, attended by Great Britain, France, It...
Book
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn39866
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Textbook and a separate piece of paper with an outline found during the 1997 renovation of a house in Munich, Germany, that was previosuly owned by a German Seilbahningeniuer [ropeway engineer) who had died recently, age 92.

Emily Heyser collection

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Medal commemorating the October 1, 1938, annexation of the Sudetenland by Nazi Germany

Book