Milton V. Elliot / Gerhard Pleiss collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn85296
• English
• 1910-1942
• box 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Consists of a photograph album consisting of photographs of military training, Nazi rallies, the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and Berchtesgaden, all 1936-1937. The album was compiled by Gerd Pleiss, a member of the Leibstandart SS Adolf Hitler, 1st Company, and includes amateur photographs of leading Nazi personalities.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn85297
• English
• overall: Height: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Imperial Germany Darlehnskassenschein [State Loan Office] emergency 1 [eine] mark note from the album of Hauptsturmfuhrer Gerhard Pleiss, a officer in the Waffen-SS, SS-Panzer-Division Leibstandarte SS "Adolf Hitler," 1st Company. Notes of this type were first issued as supplemental currency at the beginning of World War I (1914-1918) and remained in circulation until the hyperinflation of 1923. In 1936, the 21 year old Pleiss volunteered for the SS and was accepted into the Leibstandart, Hitler's personal bodyguard. He was awarded for his leadership in the May 1940 invasion of France and t...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn85298
• English
• overall: Height: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Width: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Nazi Germany, 5 [funf] mark note from the album of Hauptsturmfuhrer Gerhard Pleiss, an officer in the Waffen-SS, SS-Panzer-Division Leibstandarte SS "Adolf Hitler," 1st Company. Notes of this type were first issued as supplemental currency at the beginning of World War I (1914-1918) and remained in circulation until the hyperinflation of 1923. In 1936, the 21 year old Pleiss volunteered for the SS and was accepted into the Leibstandart, Hitler's personal bodyguard. He was awarded for his leadership in the May 1940 invasion of France and the April 1941 Balkans campaign. In June 1941, Germany...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn85299
• English
• overall: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Imperial Germany 50 [funfzig] mark note from the album of Hauptsturmfuhrer Gerhard Pleiss, an officer in the Waffen-SS, SS-Panzer-Division Leibstandarte SS "Adolf Hitler," 1st Company. This note, issued in June 1919, bears the Imperial eagle crest and was the final issue of Imperial Germany, although that regime collapsed in November 1918, at the end of World War I. Germany then became a republic, but was in a transitional period until the new constitution was adopted in Weimar in August 1919. In 1936, the 21 year old Pleiss volunteered for the SS and was accepted into the Leibstandart, Hit...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn85300
• English
• overall: Height: 4.375 inches (11.113 cm) | Width: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Weimar Germany emergency 50,000 [funfzig tausend] mark note from the album of Hauptsturmfuhrer Gerhard Pleiss, an officer in the Waffen-SS, SS-Panzer-Division Leibstandarte SS "Adolf Hitler," 1st Company. Notes of this type were issued in 1922 as emergency currency during the years of hyperinflation. In 1936, the 21 year old Pleiss volunteered for the SS and was accepted into the Leibstandart, Hitler's personal bodyguard. He was awarded for his leadership in the May 1940 invasion of France and the April 1941 Balkans campaign. In June 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union. Pleiss was killed...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn85301
• English
• overall: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 8.125 inches (20.638 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Imperial Germany Reichsbanknote, 100 [ein hundert] mark note from the album of Hauptsturmfuhrer Gerhard Pleiss, an officer in the Waffen-SS, SS-Panzer-Division Leibstandarte SS "Adolf Hitler," 1st Company. This type of note was first issued on February 8, 1908, during the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II. In 1936, the 21 year old Pleiss volunteered for the SS and was accepted into the Leibstandart, Hitler's personal bodyguard. He was awarded for his leadership in the May 1940 invasion of France and the April 1941 Balkans campaign. In June 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union. Pleiss was killed ...