Sidney Tick collection

Identifier: irn513126
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Roslyn Sholin, executor for the Estate of the Tick family and niece of Sidney Tick.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a Cross of Honor of the German Mother medal with case, photographs of Dachau concentration camp, a pamphlet on the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp, and a typewritten letter with envelope relating to the experiences of Sidney Tick while serving with the United States Army in Europe during World War II.

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Tick family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn514488
- English
- 1945
- folder 1
- Updated 8 months ago
The papers consist of photographs of Dachau concentration camp taken from May to June 1945; a pamphlet entitled, "Buchenwald Concentration Camp: A Letter Home," written and published by Col. F.M.S. Miller of the 15th U.S. Army in May 1945; and a typed letter with envelope written to Joseph Tick in Scranton, Pa., by Louis Wilkowitz in Brooklyn, N.Y., expressing gratitude to Mr. Tick for his assistance in locating Mr. Wilkowitz's surviving brother in Germany.
Cross of Honor of the German Mother medal, 1st Class, Gold, acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521602
- English
- a: Height: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) b: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Depth: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
- Updated 8 months ago
Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter [Cross of Honor of the German Mother] medal and presentation box acquired by Sidney Tick, a soldier in the 3rd Battalion, 329th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division. The Mother's Cross was instituted by the Nazi Party in 1938. It was first awarded in 1939 to some 3 million mothers as a propaganda measure to promote National Socialist population policy. Mothers of eight or more children received a gold cross, mothers of six or seven, a silver cross, and three or four, a bronze cross. In spring 1945, Sidney was deployed to the Europe to join the 83rd Divis...

Sidney Tick collection

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Tick family papers

Cross of Honor of the German Mother medal, 1st Class, Gold, acquired by a US soldier