University of Mary Washington Galleries collection

Identifier: irn517379
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 2005 by the University of Mary Washington Galleries.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of artifacts relating to the Nazi regime in Germany from 1933 to 1945.

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Displaying items 1 to 20 of 39

Reichsluftschutzbund house marker
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn517380
- English
- 1933-1945
- overall: Height: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) | Width: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Plaque identifying membership in the Reichsluftschutzbund [National Air Protection League], a civil defense corps in Germany under the Nazi regime. The plaque would have been mounted on the door to identify the home of a member. The membership consisted of civilians trained to assist the public in the event of an air raid.
Pin for Nazi Party district meeting
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn517382
- English
- overall: Height: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Pin issued for a district meeting of the Nazi Party in Erfurt, Germany, on June 4, 1933
Winterhilfswerk Des Deutschen Volkes pin
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn517383
- English
- 1933-1934
- overall: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Width: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Pin issued by the Winterhilfswerk Des Deutschen Volkes [Winter Relief Agency of the German People], a public charity fundraising organization established in Germany by the Nazi Party in 1933. In addition to fundraising, the organization was used by the Nazi regime to promote Volksgemeinschaft, a sense of community, among the German people.
Pin from a Nazi Party local council meeting
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn517384
- English
- overall: Height: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Commemorative pin from a local meeting of a Nazi Party in the German city of Gera in 1936. The design features the Reichsadler, an eagle holding a wreath with a swastika in the center. The national emblem of Nazi Germany, it was added to many display items throughout the country.
Pin from Nazi Party district meeting
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn517385
- English
- overall: Height: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Commemorative pin from a local meeting of a Nazi Party in the German city of Gera in 1936. The design features the Reichsadler, an eagle holding a wreath with a swastika in the center. The national emblem of Nazi Germany, it was added to many display items throughout the country.
Pin from Kraft durch Freude aviation event
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn517386
- English
- 1933
- overall: Height: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Width: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Commemorative pin issued for the People's Day of Flight, an aviation event held by the Kraft durch Freude [Strength Through Happiness] movement in the German city of Gera in 1933. Kraft durch Freude was a state-sponsored national organization under the Nazi regime that promoted organized leisure activities for the German workforce.
Winterhilfswerk Des Deutschen Volkes lapel pin
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn517387
- English
- 1934-1935
- overall: Height: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Pin issued by the Winterhilfswerk Des Deutschen Volkes [Winter Relief Agency of the German People], a public charity fundraising organization established in Germany by the Nazi Party in 1933. In addition to fundraising, the organization was used by the Nazi regime to promote Volksgemeinschaft, a sense of community among the German people.
Pin commemorating Tag der Deutschen Seefahrt
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn517388
- English
- overall: Height: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Pin commemorating Tag der Deutschen Seefahrt [Day of German Seafaring], a nautical event in 1935. The design features the Reichsadler, an eagle holding a wreath with a swastika in the center. The national emblem of Nazi Germany, it was added to many display items throughout the country.
Pin commemorating 700th anniversary of the city of Gera, Germany
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn517389
- English
- overall: Height: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Pin commemorating the 700th anniversary in 1937 of the city of Gera, in the German state of Thuringen. The symbol of a shield with a lion holding up a swastika was created for Thuringen by the Nazi regime.
Kampfbund fur Deutsche Kultur pin
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn517390
- English
- 1934
- overall: Height: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Width: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Commemorative pin from an event held in Gera, Germany, by the Kampfbund fur Deutsche Kultur [Fighting League for German Culture], a cultural watchdog organization operated by the Nazi Party from 1928 to 1934. The organization opposed the involvement of Jewish writers, composers, and artists in German culture, and opposed other figures who did not fit the organization's concept of German culture under Nazism. The organization held book-burnings and other events.
Auslandsdeutschen [Association of Germans of Foreign Lands] pin
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn517391
- English
- 1937
- overall: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Commemorative pin from an international convention of the Auslandsdeutschen in the German city of Stuttgart in 1937. The Auslandsdeutschen was the organization of members of the Nazi Party who lived abroad.
Reichsparteitag [Nazi Party] national convention pin
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn517392
- English
- overall: | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) | Diameter: 1.620 inches (4.115 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Pin commemorating the 1937 Reichsparteitag, the annual national convention of the Nazi Party, held in Nuremburg, September 6-13, 1937.
German May Day pin from 1936
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn517393
- English
- overall: | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) | Diameter: 1.380 inches (3.505 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Pin issued in Germany on May 1, 1936, commemorating May Day. In 1933, the Nazi government established the holiday as a day honoring labor.
German Tag der Arbeit pin from 1934
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn517394
- English
- overall: | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) | Diameter: 1.380 inches (3.505 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Tag der Arbeit [Labor Day pin issued in Germany in 1934 to commemorate Labor Day, May 1. The holiday was established in 1933 by the Nazi Government.
German Tag der Arbeit [Labor Day] pin
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn517395
- English
- overall: Height: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Pin issued in Germany in 1935 to commemorate Labor Day, May 1. The holiday was established in 1933 by the Nazi government.
Tag des Deutschen Volkstums [Day of German Nationality] pin
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn517396
- English
- 1934
- overall: | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) | Diameter: 1.120 inches (2.845 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Pin commemorating Tag des Deutschen Volkstums in 1934 in Gera, Germany. Established by the Nazi Party, the day was observed in schools and elsewhere to promote cultural identity among the German people.
Lapel pin of an airplane
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn517397
- English
- overall: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Lapel pin of an airplane.
Miniature figurine in Bavarian dress with a fish for charity campaign donors
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn517398
- English
- overall: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Small painted ceramic figurine given as a memento to donors in appreciation for their contribution to the Winterhilfswerk Des Deutchen Volkes (Winter Charity Campaign]. This figurine is from the March 1939 series, Schaffendes Deutchsland [Productive Germany]. It was originally a pin. The WHW was a public charity fundraising organization established in Germany by the Nazi Party in 1933. In addition to fundraising, the organization was used by the Nazi regime to promote Volksgemeinschaft, a sense of community, among the German people.
Winterhilfswerk Des Deutschen Volkes pin
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn517399
- English
- overall: Height: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Pin of the Winterhilfswerk Des Deutschen Volkes, a public charity fundraising organization established in Germany by the Nazi Party in 1933. In addition to fundraising, the organization was used by the Nazi regime to promote Volksgemeinshaft, a sense of of community among the German people.
Winter Relief Agency of the German People donation badge
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn517400
- English
- 1934
- overall: | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) | Diameter: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Pin of the Winterhilfswerk Des Deutschen Volkes [Winter Relief Agency of the German People], a public charity fundraising organization established in Germany by the Nazi Party in 1933. In addition to fundraising, the organization was used by the Nazi regime to promote Volksgemeinschaft, a sense of community among the German people.