Overview
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Erna Rothschild
Physical Details
- Classification
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Exchange Media
- Category
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Postage stamps
- Object Type
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Postage stamps--Germany (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- containing 438 stamps (Third Reich issuances)
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 8.875 inches (22.543 cm) | Width: 7.125 inches (18.098 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink, canvas, metal, adhesive
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The postage-stamp album was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Erna Rothschild.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-05-31 06:53:57
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn11641
Also in Walter H. Rothschild collection
The collection consists of German postage stamps and two revolvers relating to the experiences of Walter Rothschild as a soldier in the United States Army in Germany during World War II.
Date: approximately 1945
Smith and Wesson .32 revolver acquired by a US soldier
Object
.32 Smith & Wesson revolver acquired by Walter Rothschild, a US soldier. It was formerly the property of Emma (Emmy) Johanna Henny Göring, née Sonnemann, thw widow of Hermann Göring,.
Mauser 1896 revolver, firing pin, and holster taken by a US soldier from a German prisoner of war
Object
Mauser 1896 revolver taken by Walter Rothschild, a US soldier, from a German prisoner of war.
Sheet of postage stamps issued in Nazi Germany acquired by a US soldier
Object
One sheet of Third Reich issued postage stamps.
