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Forest of Nazi Flags cigarette card

Object | Accession Number: 2005.315.11

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    Forest of Nazi Flags cigarette card

    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    Cigarette card from the series, Kampf um's Dritte Reich (Struggle for the Third Reich), produced in Germany, ca.1933. The card depicts the Forest of Flags, a large unit of Nazi soldiers holding Nazi flags.
    Series Title
    Kampf um's Dritte Reich (Struggle for the Third Reich)
    Date
    publication/distribution:  approximately 1933
    Geography
    manufacture: Dresden (Germany)
    depiction: Germany
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Cathy L. Kobs
    Markings
    reverse, black ink : Kampf / um’s Dritte Reich / Bild 269 / Der Fahnenwald / Diefe Bilder liegen in den Paßungen / unserer Ramses = Cigaretten / Gammelalben für die 273 Bilder find gegen Boreinfendung von RM 1.- / durch unś oder durch jeden handler / erhältlich / JASMATZI / CIGARETTENFABRIK G.M.B.H / DRESDEN
    Contributor
    Subject: Herbert H. Kobs
    Distributor: Jasmatzi Cigarettenfabrik G.M.B.H
    Biography
    Herbert Kobs was born on May 15, 1924, in Dane, Wisconiosn. He enlisted in the United States Army on January 18, 1943. He was posted to the Pacific theater, where part of his duties included serving as a guard for General Douglas MacArthur. He was demobilized on December 31, 1945. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1950. He married Alice Hafemeister and they had two daughters. Kobs spent most of his career as a high school history teacher and guidance counselor at Burlington High School in Burlington, Wisconsin. He died at age 57, in July 1981.

    Physical Details

    Language
    German
    Classification
    Information Forms
    Category
    Cards
    Physical Description
    Rectangular paper card with a color photographic image of a large group of uniformed Nazi soldieries holding Nazi flags with a white border. On the reverse is German text with a leafy bough with a circle formed from letters in the center.
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm)
    Materials
    overall : paper, ink

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    No restrictions on access
    Conditions on Use
    No restrictions on use

    Keywords & Subjects

    Topical Term
    Nazi propaganda.
    Corporate Name
    Nazi Party

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The cigarette card was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Cathy Kobs, the daughter of Herbert Kobs.
    Record last modified:
    2023-08-07 10:41:14
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