Commemorative ceramic tile with the message "Thanks Eisenhower"
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) | Width: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
Creator(s)
- De Sphinx (v/h Petrus Regout & Co) (Manufacturer)
- Mevrouw M. Moulijn (Subject)
Biographical History
Mevrouw Marijke Moulijn was born in The Hague, Netherlands, in 1941. Her family survived the German occupation and World War II in their own home; her father was not Jewish. Her maternal grandfather, Eleazer Eijl, who was Jewish, though his wife was not, was arrested in the Hague in 1942 and sent to Westerbork transit camp. At the end of January 1943, he was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp where he was killed.
Archival History
The tile was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2006 by Mevrouw Marijke Moulijn.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Mevrouw M. Moulijn
Scope and Content
Hand painted tile acquired by Mevrouw Marijke Moulijn’s father after the end of World War II in May 1945. It depicts a scene with a Bavarian town and 2 planes flying overhead, with the words: Thanks Eisenhower! April 29, 1945. This may be a reference to the liberation of Dachau concentration camp which occurred on that date. The Moulijn family was not Jewish and they lived in their home in German occupied Belgium throughout the war. The tile was displayed on the wall in her father's study in The Hague.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Square ceramic tile with a hand painted image of a town with 2 planes flying overhead and painted text in English. It has a yellow background and a border of red and black wavy lines. The scene features red and yellow buildings, including a tall, turreted tower, with 1 plane in the foreground and another in the background. The reverse is white, with textured lines, and a circular maker's mark at the center with an outline of a sphinx.
Subjects
- Netherlands--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
- World War II--Netherlands--Hague.
Genre
- Object
- Decorative Arts