Hitler Youth Saar Westmark Koblenz pin
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
Archival History
The pin was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Jeannette Tenenbaum, wife of Edward Tenenbaum and daughter-in-law of Joseph Tenenbaum.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jeannette Tenenbaum
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
Hitler Youth Saar Westmark Koblenz tinnie acquired by Edward and Joseph Tenenbaum. Edward, a 1st Lieutenant in the OSS and the US Army during the Second World War (1939-1945), was the first American officer to enter Buchenwald concentration camp at liberation, a participant in the liberation of Ohrdruf, and author of the Buchenwald Report. His father, Joseph Tenenbaum, was one of the organizers of the early boycott against Nazi Germany.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Hollow backed metal badge in a gold finish shaped as a crossed S initial. German text and dates are embossed in the center.tion HJ and '16/17.6.1934.' The inscriptions are indented with a darkened metal finish. A retaining pin is attached to the reverse.
front, embossed : JJ / SAAR WESTMARK / KOBLENZ / 16/17.6.1934
Corporate Bodies
- Hitler Youth
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Germany--Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
- Soldiers--United States--Biography.
- Germany
Genre
- Identifying Artifacts
- Badges
- Object