Cayla DuChene Houston collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn518279
• English
• overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Hitler Youth proficiency badge that would have been awarded for the successful completion of a series of tests measuring physical and ideological proficiency, rated according to the Leistungsbuch [identity document and performance book]. The tyr-rune [arrow shape] represents the warrior god Tyr. The Hitler Youth was founded by the Nazi Party in 1926 to shape the beliefs and actions of German youth to conform to national socialist ideology. After Hitler's selection as Chancellor in 1933, this became the national ideology, and loyalty to the Nazi Party and its leaders was a central teaching. ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn518280
• English
• overall: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

National Sozialistische Frauenschaft [National Socialist Womenhood] triangular membership pin. The letters on the pin, GHL, stand for the organization’s motto "Glaube, Hoffnung, Liebe" (Faith, Hope, Love). The NSF was formed in 1931 and in 1935, it became an official party organ of the Nazi Party [NSDAP].

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn518281
• English
• overall: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

National Sozialistische Frauenschaft [National Socialist Womenhood] triangular membership pin. The letters on the pin, GHL, stand for the organization’s motto "Glaube, Hoffnung, Liebe" (Faith, Hope, Love). The NSF was formed in 1931 and in 1935, it became an official party organ of the Nazi Party [NSDAP].