Harold B. Goldberg collection

Identifier: irn59313
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by the family of Harold Goldberg.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of artifacts: armbands, a badge, a leaflet, military insignia, a pennant, a ring, and scrip relating to the experiences of Harold Goldberg as a soldier in the United States Army in Europe during World War II.

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Displaying items 1 to 20 of 36

Harold B. Goldberg photographs
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn84842
- English
- 1934-1945
- folder 1
- Updated 7 months ago
Contains nine photographs brought home from World War II by Harold Goldberg following his service with the US Army. Most of the photographs depict an unidentified concentration camp, including images of a gas chamber and crematoria. One postcard photograph depicts Adolf Hitler and Paul von Hindenburg at a ceremony at the Tannenberg memorial, 1934.
Antisemitic Nazi propaganda leaflet mimicking a US silver certificate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn84853
- English
- overall: Height: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Width: 6.125 inches (15.557 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Anti-Jewish and anti-American Nazi propaganda leaflet resembling a US dollar bill brought back from the war by Harold Goldberg, an American soldier who served in Europe, circa 1945-1946, during and after World War II. This type of leaflet was dropped from planes over Paris in late 1943, as part of a German propaganda campaign to raise suspicions against the United States and its part in the worldwide Jewish conspiracy which threatened the safety of France and all of Europe. The streets would appear to be littered with real dollar bills. After picking one up, a person would discover that it ...
Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 1 krone note, acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn84854
- English
- overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Theresienstadt ghetto scrip, value 1 krone, brought back from the war by Harold Goldberg, an American soldier who served in Europe, circa 1945-1946, during and after World War II. Scrip of this type was issued in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia in German annexed Czechoslovakia. All currency was confiscated from internees upon entry. The scrip, dated January 1943, but first distributed in May, was for use only in the camp. There was little to exchange it for, other than library book rental. The notes created an illusion of a normal, functioning com...
Star of David badge printed with Jude for Jew acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn84855
- English
- overall: Height: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) | Width: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Star of David badge, with signs of use, printed with the German word Jude for Jew brought back from the war by Harold Goldberg, an American soldier who served in Europe, circa 1945-1946, during and after World War II.
Small Nazi Party Rally banner with an image of Hitler acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn84863
- English
- overall: Height: 12.875 inches (32.703 cm) | Width: 8.500 inches (21.59 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Small Nazi Party red cloth banner with an image of Adolf Hitler brought back from the war by Harold Goldberg, an American soldier who served in Europe, circa 1945-1946, during and after World War II. The banner was made for the September 1934, 6th annual Nazi Party Rally in Nuremberg, Germany.
Yellow armband embroidered Deutsche Wehrmacht for use by laborers acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn84864
- English
- overall: Height: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Width: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Deutsche Wehrmacht (German Army) yellow armband brought back from the war by Harold Goldberg, an American soldier who served in Europe, circa 1945-1946, during and after World War II. This armband was worn by German civilians and foreign workers employed by the German Armed Forces.
Small, yellow warning pennant with a skull and crossbones acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn84865
- English
- 1945-1946
- overall: Height: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Width: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
German military issue, poison gas warning pennant brought back from Germany by Harold Goldberg, an American soldier who served in the European Theater in 1945. The pennants were attached to a thin, iron rod and staked into the ground. They were used to mark off areas contaminated with dangerous gas, and later repurposed to warn against hidden landmines. The pennants were part of a set that included 20 flags, each attached to a 60-cm-long iron rod, painted with red anti-rust paint, a roll of yellow tape, and a carrying pouch. Harold B. Goldberg lived in New York City, where he attended City ...
Wehrmacht shoulder board in gray with gold trim acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn84866
- English
- overall: Height: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Width: 9.375 inches (23.813 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
German Army uniform gray felt shoulder board with yellow gold piping brought back from the war by Harold Goldberg, an American soldier who served in Europe, circa 1945-1946. This is the type of epaulet worn by enlisted men, most likely in cavalary and reconnaissance units, in the Wehrmacht.
Luftwaffe officer's insignia with embroidered silver wire eagle and swastika acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn84867
- English
- 1945
- overall: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Width: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Luftwaffe officer's insignia patch with an embroidered silver bullion thread flying eagle and swastika brought back from the war by Harold Goldberg, an American soldier who served in Europe, circa 1945-1946, during and after World War II. It would be placed on the front crown of an officer's hat or above the right breast pocket of a jacket.
German Army officer's visor cap insignia with a silver wire oak leaf wreath and cockade acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn84868
- English
- overall: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Width: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
German Army officer's visor cap badge with a silver bullion wreath and red centered cockade brought back from the war by Harold Goldberg, an American soldier who served in Europe, circa 1945-1946, during and after World War II.
German Army, Jager Regiment, Brandenburg Division, sleeve insignia with embroidered oak leaves acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn84869
- English
- overall: Height: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
German Army dark green wool badge with a spray of oak leaves brought back from the war by Harold Goldberg, an American soldier who served in Europe, circa 1945-1946, during and after World War II. The patch was worn on the upper right sleeve by Jager (light infantry) Regiments, Panzer-Grenadier Division, known as the Brandenburg Division. For most of the war, this was an elite commando unit specializing in saboteur campaigns. In July 1944, several Division members were implicated in the failed assassination plot on Hitler. It was redesignated as a conventional unit and sent into action on t...
German State criminal police and a Gestapo warrant badge on a chain acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn84939
- English
- a: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) b: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) c: Height: 8.875 inches (22.543 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Two warrant discs [Dienstmarken], silver for the Gestapo [Geheime Staatspolizei], the secret state police, and bronze for the State criminal police [Kriminalpolizei] in Nazi Germany brought back from the war by Harold Goldberg, an American soldier who served in Europe, circa 1945-1946, during and after World War II. After Himmler centralized the police forces in the German Reich in the mid-1930s, these became the official identification badges for the Gestapo and the state criminal police. They are stamped with individual officer's numbers and were generally suspended from a chain. They had...
NSV, National Socialist People's Welfare Organization 1938 membership badge acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn84951
- English
- 1938
- overall: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
National Socialist (Nazi) People's Welfare Organization [NSV: Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt] 1938 lapel pin badge brought back from the war by Harold Goldberg, an American soldier who served in Europe, circa 1945-1946, during and after World War II. The NSV began in 1932 as a local welfare organization and mainly provided money to poor, deserving families in Berlin. This was a forceful propaganda tool for the Nazi Party which soon centralized and administered the NSV. By 1938, it was one of the largest organizations in Germany. It offered child care, health, and medical services, an...
2 place ribbon bar, War Merit Cross 2nd class with swords and Eastern Front ribbons acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn84952
- English
- overall: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
German bar pin with 2 ribbons: War Merit Cross 2nd class with crossed swords pin [Kleine Ordensschnallen] and an Eastern Front ribbon (Ostmedaille] brought back from the war by Harold Goldberg, an American soldier who served in Europe, circa 1945-1946, during and after World War II. The War Merit Cross 2nd class with swords was awarded after 1939 to military personnel for bravery, though not necessarily in combat. The Eastern or Russian Front medal, introduced on May 26, 1942, was awarded to participants of the first winter campaign of Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union ...
75th anniversary pin for the Fire Department of Ladenburg acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn84967
- English
- 1934
- overall: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Tinnie commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Fire Department of Ladenburg in Bavaria, Germany, brought back from the war by Harold Goldberg, an American soldier who served in Europe, circa 1945-1946, during and after World War II. It displays the department's medieval helmet and ax emblem joined with a swastika.
WWII German Army General Assault badge with an eagle on an oak leaf wreath acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn84969
- English
- overall: Height: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Wehrmacht General Assault badge with the cutout of an eagle with retracted wings on an oak leaf wreath brought back from the war by Harold Goldberg, an American soldier who served in Europe, circa 1945-1946, during and after World War II. The badge was instituted by General von Brauchitsch on June 1, 1940, as an award for soldiers who took part in 3 separate combat actions on different days, and was not eligible for infantry or armored assault badges.
Schwabisch Hall red, gold and blue enameled coat of arms pin acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn84970
- English
- overall: Height: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Width: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Schwabisch Hall cross and hand crest lapel pin brought back from the war by Harold Goldberg, an American soldier who served in Europe, circa 1945-1946, during and after World War II. Schwabisch Hall is a town in Baden-Wurttemberg state in southern Germany, midway between Stuttgart and Nuremberg. In 1936, the Luftwaffe established an airport in the Hessental section. It was destroyed by Allied bombardment in September 1944. The Germans immediately began re-construction and a subcamp of Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp, called Schwabisch Hall- Hessental, was built to supply labor. On Ap...
Tri-color aluminum cockade with twisted rope circles for a Rural Police shako acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn84972
- English
- 1938
- overall: Height: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Width: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Depth: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Schutzpolizei [Protection Police] shako aluminum cockade with concentric, braided ovals in silver, black, and red brought back from the war by Harold Goldberg, an American soldier who served in Europe, circa 1945-1946. A shako is a military style cap with a visor and a high, rigid crown. The cockade would be attached vertically to the front top center and extend above the cap. This type would have been worn by the regular police in larger towns and cities. It was part of the uniform dress regulations introduced by Himmler after his appointment as Chief of the German Police in 1936, giving h...
Wir Helfen (We Help) charity badge with a swastika acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn84982
- English
- 1933-1934
- overall: Height: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Width: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Wir Helfen [We Help] 1933-34 charity tinnie brought back from the war by Harold Goldberg, an American soldier who served in Europe, circa 1945-1946, during and after World War II. Tinnies, inexpensive pressed metal alloy pins, or other inexpensive tokens, were often given to people who contributed to charity and fundraising campaigns.
May Day 1938 pin featuring a dancing couple and Nazi insignia acquired by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn84983
- English
- 1945
- h: Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) | Diameter: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
May Day 1938 tinnie with a couple dancing near a May pole with a Nazi eagle with swastika brought back from the war by Harold Goldberg, an American soldier who served in Europe, circa 1945-1946.