Overview
- Description
- Contains a postwar photograph of Nuremberg, Germany.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Joan Lanier
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Photograph.
- Extent
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1 folder
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material. Museum staff are currently unable to copy, digitize, and/or photograph collection materials on behalf of researchers. Researchers are encouraged to plan a research visit to consult collection materials themselves.
- Conditions on Use
- Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Nuremberg (Germany).
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The photograph was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Emmett and Joan Lanier, family friends of Joseph Thacker.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-07-11 07:39:32
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/bookmarks/irn49833
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Also in Joseph A. Thacker collection
The collection consists of a Nazi banner and a photograph relating to the experiences of Joseph A. Thacker during World War II, when he served as a solider in the 80th Infantry Division of the United States Army in Germany.
Date: 1945 May
Large gold striped Nazi swastika banner retrieved by Joseph Thacker from a Nazi Party building in Berchtesgaden
Object
Extremely large Nazi banner with a swastika and gold stripes retrieved by 21-year-old Joseph Thacker, an American soldier, from the wall of a Nazi Party building in Berchtesgaden, Germany. It was the last of several war trophies that Joe sent home to his parents. Berchtesgaden had a complex of buildings, including an SS barracks and residences of other influential Nazi leaders. The complex was secured on May 4 by the 7th Infantry Regiment who permitted French troops and the 101st Airborne access late that afternoon. Joseph was deployed in France in October 1944, and rose to staff sergeant in the 80th Infantry Division. The Division moved through Germany to Austria in April-May 1945, but was not officially engaged at Berchtesgaden. After Germany surrendered on May 7, 1945, Joseph was placed on occupational duty.
