Nazi Party Winter Hilfswerk collection box
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) | Diameter: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm)
Archival History
The collection box was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000 by the Bloomfield-Oberholtzer Family.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Bloomfield-Oberholtzer Family
Scope and Content
Red collection box with Nazi insignia used by the NSDAP [National Socialist German Workers' Party] to collect contributions during the Winter Hilfswerk, a charity campaign for the relief of the German people.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Circular red metal box with a handle. It has a paper label imprinted with German text with the Nazi national insignia in background. There is a narrow slot for coins and a hole with a label for paper currency at the top.
on paper label, black ink : Winter-Hilfswerk des Deutchen Volkes / Gau Wien [Winter Relief of the German People / Vienna District top, on paper label, black ink : papier geld / Vienna, Austria(?)
Corporate Bodies
- Nazi Party
Subjects
- Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945--Pictorial works.
- Germany--Social conditions--1933-1945--Pictorial works.
- National socialism--History.
Genre
- Object
- Containers