Nazi banner acquired by a US soldier
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 7.375 inches (18.733 cm) | Width: 10.875 inches (27.623 cm)
Creator(s)
- Kurt Weiler (Subject)
Biographical History
Kurt Weiler was born in 1917 to Jewish parents, Julia and Louis Weiler. Kurt had a brother who died before 1939 and two sisters. He was living in Wuppertal Eberwert, Germany, when he departed for the United States in 1936. Louis was hidden in nursing homes where he died of a heart attack. Julia was hidden by the underground. After Louis’s death, she was smuggled through Lisbon, Portugal, to the United States. Kurt had married an American. He was drafted into the US Army and served in the infantry in Africa and southern France during World War II. At one point, he was paired with a Polish female agent in order to spy behind German lines. One of his sisters emigrated to the United States where she died in the 1940s. His other sister died in a concentration camp during the Holocaust. Kurt died in 1984, age 67.
Archival History
The banner was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994 by Wallis Weiler Cady, Clifford Weiler, Jeffry Weiler, and the Estate of Kurt Weiler.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Wallis Weiler Cady
Scope and Content
Nazi banner acuired by Kurt Weiler, a soldier in the United States Army during World War II, who had left Nazi Germany in 1936.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Blue banner with the statement "N.S.D.A.P./Augsburg/Ortsgruppe 2" (National Socialist Democratic Workers' Party/Augsburg/local chapter 2), embroidered in white.
Genre
- Identifying Artifacts
- Object