Long, white banner with the Nazi Party slogan Ein Volk - Ein Reich - Ein Fuhrer
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 33.625 inches (85.408 cm) | Width: 260.000 inches (660.4 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
Archival History
The banner was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Scope and Content
Large banner with the slogan Ein Volk - Ein Reich - Ein Fuhrer [One People - One Country - One Leader], a central slogan of Hitler and the Nazi Party. The hand made banner is very long and narrow, with three foot posts at each end, perhaps to carry it during marches and parades. Nazi propaganda portrayed Hitler, their leader (Führer), as the living embodiment of the German nation and people. This slogan reinforced the cult of Hitler and the sense of destiny that the Party claimed made him the savior of Germany and father of the German people.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Extremely long, narrow, rectangular, stained, 27.750 inch high, offwhite cotton banner with a screen printed slogan, Ein Volk - ein Reich - ein Fuhrer, with uppercase letters in red and lowercase in black. The long edges are hemmed and the short edges are folded and sewn to form channels. An approximately 3 foot, squared off, wooden post is inserted into the channels and the banner is nailed to the post through an anchor strip of repurposed cardboard. Lengths of brown rope about a foot long are tied around beveled notches at the ends of the posts; 1 of the 4 ends is missing a rope.
Corporate Bodies
- Nazi Party
Subjects
Genre
- Banners.
- Identifying Artifacts
- Object