Kurt Weiler collection

Identifier: irn60539
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn60539

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994 by Wallis Weiler Cady, Clifford Weiler, and Jeffry Weiler for the Estate of Kurt Weiler.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of two Waffen SS fezzes and a Nazi banner relating to the experiences of Kurt Weiler, a refugee from Nazi Germany before World War II, who served in the US Army in Europe during the war.

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Waffen SS red fez acquired by a US soldier in Germany
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn8531
- English
- 1945
- overall: Height: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Width: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Red fez with a swastika and Death's head found by Kurt Weiler, a US army soldier, in Germany in 1945. The red fez was part of the dress uniform of a Waffen-SS military detachment composed of Muslims from Bosnia, Croatia, and Herzegovina in occupied Yugoslavia. There was a field gray one for combat. The creation of this unit was authorized by Hitler in 1943. The original purpose was to combat Tito’s partisans. Through recruitment and conscription, the unit had 26,000 soldiers within a few months. The group was commanded by German or ethnic German officers, and the uniforms were designed to r...
Waffen SS green fez found in Dachau by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn8532
- English
- overall: Height: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Width: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Red fez with a swastika and Death's head found by Kurt Weiler, a US army soldier, in Dachau concentration camp in Germany in 1945. The red fez was part of the dress uniform of a Waffen-SS military detachment composed of Muslims from Bosnia, Croatia, and Herzegovina in occupied Yugoslavia. There was a field gray one for combat. The creation of this unit was authorized by Hitler in 1943. The original purpose was to combat Tito’s partisans. Through recruitment and conscription, the unit had 26,000 soldiers within a few months. The group was commanded by German or ethnic German officers, and th...
Nazi banner acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn8533
- English
- 1945
- overall: Height: 7.375 inches (18.733 cm) | Width: 10.875 inches (27.623 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Nazi banner acuired by Kurt Weiler, a soldier in the United States Army during World War II, who had left Nazi Germany in 1936.

Kurt Weiler collection

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Waffen SS red fez acquired by a US soldier in Germany

Waffen SS green fez found in Dachau by a US soldier

Nazi banner acquired by a US soldier