Samuel Sobel collection

Identifier
irn597309
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2018.460.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn597309

Extent and Medium

box

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Herschel J. Sobel

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Herschel J. Sobel, son of Samuel Sobel.

Scope and Content

Collection of cigarette cards of Nazi propaganda, produced and sold in cigarette packages and then collected to be placed in pre-printed albums. Cards are a variety of Nazi propagandistic imagery such as peaceful Nazi party rallies, construction of infrastructure [building new roads, farming] done in Germany titled on reverse “The State of Work and Peace”, military imagery and troops titled on reverse “Fight for the Third Reich”, images of German actors and directors, and receipt to retrieve cards.

Subjects

  • Propaganda, German.

Genre

  • Document
  • Cigarette cards.
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