Joyce and William Becker collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn5698
• English
• overall: Height: 54.000 inches (137.16 cm) | Width: 30.750 inches (78.105 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Nazi banner acquired by a United States soldier in Europe near the end of World War II.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn5699
• English
• overall: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Width: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Gold embroidered badge in the shape of the Imperial Eagle, the national emblem of the Third Reich, acquired by a United States soldier in Europe near the end of World War II.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn5700
• English
• overall: Height: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Width: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Depth: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Aluminum belt buckle with a Reichsadler, the Imperial Eagle that was a national emblem of the Third Reich, acquired by a United States soldier in Europe near the end of World War II. It is embossed with the motto: Gott Mits Uns (God is With Us.)

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn5701
• English
• overall: Height: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Width: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Hitler Youth armband with a woven black swastika and a Nazi Party authorization label acquired by a United States soldier in Europe near the end of World War II. The Hitler Youth was founded by the Nazi Party in 1926 to shape the beliefs, thinking, and actions of German youth to conform to national socialist ideology. After Hitler's selection as Chancellor in 1933, this became the national ideology and loyalty to the Nazi Party and its leaders was paramount. The Hitler Youth became a pathway for service in the Armed Forces or, later, in the SS. In 1936, membership in Nazi youth groups becam...