Model of the head of an African male used to teach racial science
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 13.375 inches (33.973 cm) | Width: 6.375 inches (16.192 cm) | Depth: 8.750 inches (22.225 cm)
Archival History
The model was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by the Deutsches Hygiene Museum iin the Deutsche Demokratische Republik (East Germany.)
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Deutsches Hygiene Museum in der DDR
Scope and Content
Model of a head of a black man used for racial studies and exhibitions by Nazi Germany. The Deutsches Hygiene Museum in der DDR is where exhibitions and teachings of "racial and eugenic theories" originated during the Third Reich.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Subjects
- Racism--Germany--Pictorial works.
- National socialism and science--Germany--Pictorial works.
- Fascism and education--Germany--History--20th century.
- Nazi propaganda--Germany--Pictorial works.
- Race discrimination--Germany--History--20th century.
- Africans in art--Pictorial works.
Genre
- Object
- Art
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