John Vincent Tillman collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn607781
• English
• Updated 7 months ago

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn607782
• English
• 1935
• Updated 7 months ago

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn607785
• English
• Updated 7 months 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.

• 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)
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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...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn611809
• English
• folders 5
• Updated 7 months 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.