Cigarette card with image of Berghof, Hitler's Bavarian retreat

Identifier
irn523014
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.315.9
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

overall: Height: 1.880 inches (4.775 cm) | Width: 2.440 inches (6.198 cm)

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Herbert Kobs was born on May 15, 1924, in Dane, Wisconiosn. He enlisted in the United States Army on January 18, 1943. He was posted to the Pacific theater, where part of his duties included serving as a guard for General Douglas MacArthur. He was demobilized on December 31, 1945. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1950. He married Alice Hafemeister and they had two daughters. Kobs spent most of his career as a high school history teacher and guidance counselor at Burlington High School in Burlington, Wisconsin. He died at age 57, in July 1981.

Archival History

The cigarette card was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Cathy Kobs, the daughter of Herbert Kobs.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Cathy L. Kobs

Scope and Content

Cigarette card from the series, Kampf um's Dritte Reich (Struggle for the Third Reich), produced in Germany, ca.1933. The card depicts Berghof, Hitler’s mountain retreat in the Bavarian Alps.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Rectangular paper card with color photographic image, with white border, on front and German text on back. Image depicts house with balcony and surrounding shrubs. On back top is leafy bough with circle with letters in center.

People

Corporate Bodies

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.