Joyce and William Becker collection

Identifier: irn84272
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn84272

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992 by Joyce and William Becker.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of Nazi Party artifacts: an armband, a badge, a banner, and a belt buckle relating to the experiences of a United States soldier in Europe near the end of World War II.

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Nazi banner with a swastika on a white circle acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5698
- English
- overall: Height: 54.000 inches (137.16 cm) | Width: 30.750 inches (78.105 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Nazi banner acquired by a United States soldier in Europe near the end of World War II.
Reichsadler (Imperial Eagle) shaped patch acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5699
- English
- overall: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Width: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Gold embroidered badge in the shape of the Imperial Eagle, the national emblem of the Third Reich, acquired by a United States soldier in Europe near the end of World War II.
Belt buckle with an embossed Nazi Imperial eagle and motto acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5700
- English
- overall: Height: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Width: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Depth: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Aluminum belt buckle with a Reichsadler, the Imperial Eagle that was a national emblem of the Third Reich, acquired by a United States soldier in Europe near the end of World War II. It is embossed with the motto: Gott Mits Uns (God is With Us.)
Hitler Youth armband with a swastika acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5701
- English
- overall: Height: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Width: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Hitler Youth armband with a woven black swastika and a Nazi Party authorization label acquired by a United States soldier in Europe near the end of World War II. The Hitler Youth was founded by the Nazi Party in 1926 to shape the beliefs, thinking, and actions of German youth to conform to national socialist ideology. After Hitler's selection as Chancellor in 1933, this became the national ideology and loyalty to the Nazi Party and its leaders was paramount. The Hitler Youth became a pathway for service in the Armed Forces or, later, in the SS. In 1936, membership in Nazi youth groups becam...

Joyce and William Becker collection

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Nazi banner with a swastika on a white circle acquired by a US soldier

Reichsadler (Imperial Eagle) shaped patch acquired by a US soldier

Belt buckle with an embossed Nazi Imperial eagle and motto acquired by a US soldier

Hitler Youth armband with a swastika acquired by a US soldier