Archiv des Diakonischen Werkes der Evangelischen Kirche Deutschlands, Berlin collection

Identifier: irn521883
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn521883

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2006 by the Archiv des Diakonischen Werkes der Evangelischen Kirche Deutschlands, Berlin.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of lapel pins related to the history of the Inner Mission charity of the Protestant Church in Germany during the 1930s under the Nazi regime in Germany.

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Kronenkreuz oval stickpin of the Inner Mission charity
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn518982
- English
- 1934-1937
- overall: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm)
- Updated 11 months ago
Crowned cross [kronenkreuz] oval pin issued by the Central-Ausschuss fur Innere Mission [Central Committee for Inner Mission] of the Protestant Church in Germany to people who donated to their charity organization, the Inner Mission. The Nazi regime, which governed Germany from 1933-1945, limited the church's fundraising activities to an annual Volkstag der Innere Mission [National Day of Inner Mission]. The mission would collect money on the street and go door to door seeking donations on this day. The pin shows the Kronenkreuz (crowned cross), the official sign of the Inner Mission.
Kronenkreuz crucifix stickpin of the Inner Mission charity
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn518983
- English
- 1935
- overall: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Width: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
- Updated 11 months ago
Crowned cross [Rosenkreiz] crucifix pin given by the Central-Ausschuss fur Innere Mission [Central Committee for Inner Mission of the Protestant Church of Germany] to people who donated to their charity organization, the Inner Mission. The Nazi regime, which governed Germany from 1933-1945, limited the church's fundraising activities to an annual Volkstag der Innere Mission [National Day of Inner Mission]. The pin shows the Kronenkreuz (crowned cross), the official sign of the Inner Mission.

Archiv des Diakonischen Werkes der Evangelischen Kirche Deutschlands, Berlin collection

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Kronenkreuz oval stickpin of the Inner Mission charity

Kronenkreuz crucifix stickpin of the Inner Mission charity