John Vincent Tillman collection

Identifier: irn51349
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn51349

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Phillip Sloan and Katherine Tillman, the son-in-law and daughter of John V. Tillman.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a Mother's Cross medal, documents, two reels of 16mm film, one photograph, and publication relating to the experiences of John Vincent Tillman as an American student in Germany from 1935 and 1936 and after his return to the United States.

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[Newspaper]
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn607781
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Nationalsozialistische Frauen Warte [Magazine]
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn607782
- English
- 1935
- Updated 1 year ago
Die Buhne (Berlin, Germany) [Magazine] Sonderheft zur Reichs-Theaterwoche 1936 München. Zeitschrift für die Gestaltung des deutschen Theaters mit den Mitteilungen der amtlichen Reichstheaterkammer, May 1936
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn607785
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Special double issue of the illustrated German theater periodical, Die Buhne, for Empire Theater Week in Munich, Germany, in May 1936. It has a preface by the Reich Minister of Propaganda, Dr. Joseph Goebbels.
Cross of Honor of the German Mother, 3rd Class Order, Bronze Cross
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn607882
- English
- a: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) b: Height: 14.500 inches (36.83 cm) | Width: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) c: Height: 4.375 inches (11.113 cm) | Width: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Depth: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Ehrenkreuz der deutschen Mutter [Cross of Honor of the German Mother] was a civilian award instituted following a December 16, 1938, decree by Adolph Hitler to encourage German women to bear more children. Recipient were nominated by the Nazi Party or a government official and had to be of pure German origin and good character. The medal was issued from 1939-1944 in three levels: first class, gold, for mothers with eight or more children; second class, silver, for six to seven children; third class, bronze for four to five children. Known as the Mutterkreuz (Mother's Cross), approximately t...
John Vincent Tillman papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn611809
- English
- folders 5
- Updated 1 year ago
The John Vincent Tillman papers include his diary and manuscript describing his travels in Germany in 1935 and 1936, a photograph of him, and pamphlets from the “Schaffendes Volk” exhibition in Düsseldorf.

John Vincent Tillman collection

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[Newspaper]

Nationalsozialistische Frauen Warte [Magazine]

Die Buhne (Berlin, Germany) [Magazine] Sonderheft zur Reichs-Theaterwoche 1936 München. Zeitschrift für die Gestaltung des deutschen Theaters mit den Mitteilungen der amtlichen Reichstheaterkammer, May 1936

Cross of Honor of the German Mother, 3rd Class Order, Bronze Cross

John Vincent Tillman papers