Deutsche Arbeitsfront swastika and cogwheel banner acquired by a US POW

Identifier
irn548807
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2016.208.2 a-b
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

a: Height: 52.000 inches (132.08 cm) | Width: 55.000 inches (139.7 cm)

b: Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 12.000 inches (30.48 cm) | Depth: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm)

Archival History

The flag was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Milton Richard Dowse.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Milton Richard Dowse

Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Scope and Content

Deutsche Arbeitsfront banner (German Labor Front / DAF) acquired by Major Milton Evans Dowse, United States Army, after his liberation from Oflag 64, a German prisoner-of-war camp in Szubin, Poland, in January 1945. The flag has a swastika encircled by a gear-wheel, and a patch identifying it as having been used in Rosmin (present-day Roscimin, Poland). DAF was the only authorized trade union in Germany. The Nazi regime abolished all other trade unions in 1933 in order to ensure political control over industry.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

a. Red cloth flag with a swastika encircled by a gear-wheel, with a patch identifying it as having been used in Rosmin (present day Roscimin, Poland).

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