Miniature figurine in Bavarian dress with a fish for charity campaign donors
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
Creator(s)
- Winterhilfswerk Des Deutschen Volkes (Distributor)
Archival History
The figurine was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by the University of Mary Washington Galleries.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the University of Mary Washington Galleries
Scope and Content
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.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Miniature, glazed, ceramic figurine in the shape of a person standing and holding a fish horizontally across his midsection.. Male figure's clothes are colored with glaze paint: brown hat, red bandanna, black jacket, green skirt, black boots. The fish is painted white and gray. The back is unglazed with impressed numbers and there is a hole in the center. It would originally have had a metal clasp pin attached to the back.
Subjects
- Charity -- Associations, institutions, etc.
- Germany
- Germany--Social life and customs--20th century.
- Popular culture--Germany--20th century.
- Germany--History--1933-1945.
- Charities--Germany--20th century.
Genre
- Decorative Arts
- Object