Kronenkreuz oval stickpin of the Inner Mission charity
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm)
Creator(s)
- Michael Hausler (Distributor)
Biographical History
[Social Welfare Organisation of the Protestant Church in Germany] The Diaconia is the social welfare organisation of the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD). It includes the regional social welfare services of the 20 EKD member churches, diaconal associations of other Protestant denominations, and approximately 80 specialist organisations working in different fields of social care, health care and education. The Inner Mission was their major charity organization in the 1930s. Hitler became Chancellor in 1933 and under the Nazi regime, the fundraising activities were limited to an annual Volkstag der Innere Mission [National Day of Inner Mission.] After the end of World War II, the relief organisation Hilfswerk der EKD, was founded to attract foreign aid and promote ecumenical contacts to fight famine, support exiles and refugees, and overcome unemployment. In 1975, Innere Mission and Hilfswerk united to become Diakonisches Werk der EKD.
Archival History
The pin was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2006 by Archiv des Diakonischen Werkes der Evangelischen Kirche Deutschlands, Berlin.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Archiv des Diakonischen Werkes der Evangelischen Kirche Deutschlands
Scope and Content
Crowned cross [kronenkreuz] oval pin issued by the Central-Ausschuss fur Innere Mission [Central Committee for Inner Mission] of the Protestant Church in Germany to people who donated to their charity organization, the Inner Mission. The Nazi regime, which governed Germany from 1933-1945, limited the church's fundraising activities to an annual Volkstag der Innere Mission [National Day of Inner Mission]. The mission would collect money on the street and go door to door seeking donations on this day. The pin shows the Kronenkreuz (crowned cross), the official sign of the Inner Mission.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Silver-colored metal pin with a cut-out design of the Kronenkreuz [crowned cross] set inside a metal outline of an oval with pointed ends. A straight pin is attached to the back.
Subjects
- Inner missions--Germany--History--20th century.
- National socialism and religion.
- Church charities--Germany.
- Germany--Social life and customs--20th century.
- Protestant churches--Germany--History--20th century.
- Church and state--Germany--History--1933-1945.
Genre
- Object
- Jewelry