Wanda Schmidt collection

Identifier
irn37216
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2009.391
Dates
1 Jan 1932 - 31 Dec 1960
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Serbian
  • Croatian
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn37216

Extent and Medium

oversize box

oversize folders

1

9

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Wanda Schmidt

Wanda Schmidt donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on May 27, 2009. She purchased this material while working in Sarajevo.

Scope and Content

Consists of nine post-war Serbian and Croatian posters commemorating liberation and depicting propaganda surrounding Josip Broz Tito and wartime military achievements. Also includes six wartime aviation magazines, entitled "Croatian Wings" which contain German and Croatian propaganda, and commemorative Olympic books for the 1932 (Los Angeles) and 1936 (Berlin) Olympics.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.