Max Wurzweiler collection

Identifier: irn550756
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn550756

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by the Franklin family, the grandchildren of Max Wurzweiler.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of documents, artifacts, journals, and photos illustrating Max Wurzweiler who was a high ranking Nazi party official.

Genre

Collection

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.

Child Items

Filter Results

Language of Description
1. English (7)
Country
1. United States (7)
Holding Institution
1. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (7)

There are several ways to be more specific in your search query:

"Phrase": Search an exact match of your query, e.g. "Member lists"
+Phrase: Given word has to be in the result, e.g. +Gestapo
-Phrase: Exclude given word from search, e.g. -Gestapo

Use the following syntax to restrict the search to specific fields:

field:"phrase": For instance, you can find all descriptions that have the phrase "Auschwitz Birkenau" in their titles by searching for title:"Auschwitz Birkenau".

The following fields are currently available:

identifier
title
creator
person
place
subject
address

Displaying items 1 to 7 of 7

Max Wurzweiler papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn563331
- English
- 1922-1944
- box oversize folders 1 2
- Updated 1 year ago
The collection documents the activities of Max Wurzweiler, an active member of Sturmabteilung (S.A.) branch of the Nazi Party in Schwabach, Germany. Included is Nazi Party and S.A. correspondence and memorandums, notebooks, photographs, biographical material, clippings, an architectural drawing, and ephemera related to a Nationalsozialistische Gemeinschaft "Kraft durch Freude" organized cruise aboard the Robert Ley in spring 1939. Biographical material includes birth, marriage, and death certificates and an obituary for Wurzweiler, who was killed in 1944. Photographs include depictions of N...
Nazi armband
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn563333
- English
- overall: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Nazi armband. One of a collection of artifacts illustrating Max Wurzweiler who was a high ranking Nazi party official; dates circa 1930s and 1940s.
Mother's Cross with ribbon
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn563334
- English
- overall: Height: 15.250 inches (38.735 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Mother's Cross medal with blue and white striped ribbon. The date 16 December 1938 is engraved on the back. One of a collection of artifacts illustrating Max Wurzweiler who was a high ranking Nazi party official; dates circa 1930s and 1940s.
Nazi Party patch with pin
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn563335
- English
- overall: Height: 2.130 inches (5.41 cm) | Width: 4.625 inches (11.748 cm) | Diameter: 0.880 inches (2.235 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Dark green fabric patch with Nazi eagle and swastika emblem. A round metal and enamel Nazi Party pin with swastika is attached to the patch. One of a collection of artifacts illustrating Max Wurzweiler who was a high ranking Nazi party official; dates circa 1930s and 1940s.
Pin
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn563336
- English
- overall: Height: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Rectangular metal pin engraved with the words "XXV jahr Dienstzeit" One of a collection of artifacts illustrating Max Wurzweiler who was a high ranking Nazi party official; dates circa 1930s and 1940s.
Nazi cap badge
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn563337
- English
- overall: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Width: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Nazi military cap badge - metal with swastika emblem in the center. One of a collection of artifacts illustrating Max Wurzweiler who was a high ranking Nazi party official; dates circa 1930s and 1940s.
Button with Nazi emblem
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn563338
- English
- overall: | Diameter: 0.810 inches (2.057 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Silver colored button with Nazi emblem. One of a collection of artifacts illustrating Max Wurzweiler who was a high ranking Nazi party official; dates circa 1930s and 1940s.

Max Wurzweiler collection

Child Items

Max Wurzweiler papers

Nazi armband

Mother's Cross with ribbon

Nazi Party patch with pin

Pin

Nazi cap badge

Button with Nazi emblem