Poster
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 16.810 inches (42.697 cm) | Width: 10.980 inches (27.889 cm)
Archival History
The poster was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Allan Mustard.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Mustard
Scope and Content
Announcement concerning retrieval of valuable property from former Nazi Party. It was published in cooperation with the US Military.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
black and white photo image of two outstretched hands covered with rings which have been collected from a containter holding "thousands of wedding rings"; Text: "[publishing/subscription information] Volume Eight, Number 104, May 25, 1945 [postal information]/INTERNATIONAL EVENTS/THE WORLD'S NEWS IN PICTURES/RETRIEVE GOLD TAKEN BY NAZIS FROM VICTIMS/[photo image]/WASHINGTON, D.C.--Germany ... these are a few of the thousands of wedding rings the Germans removed from their victims at Buchenwald in order to salvage the gold. First Army Troops discovered these rings along with other valuable articles such as watches, precious stones, eyeglasses and gold teeth fillings, in a cave adjoining the concentration camp near Weimar./ARMY SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO BY INTERNALTIONAL SOUNDPHOTO/FLASH/SUPPORT THE MIGHTY/7th WAR LOAN/Do Your Share ... Buy All You Can Bear/PRINTED IN U.S.A."
Genre
- Posters
- Object