Forest of Nazi Flags cigarette card
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm)
Creator(s)
- Herbert H. Kobs (Subject)
- Jasmatzi Cigarettenfabrik G.M.B.H (Distributor)
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 the Forest of Flags, a large unit of Nazi soldiers holding Nazi flags.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Rectangular paper card with a color photographic image of a large group of uniformed Nazi soldieries holding Nazi flags with a white border. On the reverse is German text with a leafy bough with a circle formed from letters in the center.