Hitler Youth [Hitler Jugend/Bund Deutscher Mädel] badge
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 1.610 inches (4.089 cm)
Archival History
The badge was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Mark Esterman.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Mark Esterman. These publications were obtained in Germany in 1935 by Benjamin and Sophie Esterman, American citizens who were traveling in Europe, and visited Germany in order to see for themselves and to inform others where Nazism was going. They are donated in the same spirit to the Holocaust Museum by the children of Benjamin and Sophie Esterman and their families; to bear witness and to warn of the cruelty and danger of bigotry, racial prejudice, and hatred.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
circular; recto: bronze colored; bears raised image of Hitler Youth insignia superimposed over Nazi German National Symbol; raised text at upper and lower edges reads, "Deutsches/Jugendfest 1936"; verso: safety pin soldered horizontally to badge
Genre
- Identifying Artifacts
- Object