Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Deutscher Kleinempfänger [German small radio] manufactured by G. Schaub in 1938. The radio was produced to help spread Nazi propaganda. It was made to sell at a low cost, so the majority of people could afford it. It lacked shortwave reception to make it difficult to receive foreign broadcasts. The radio was nicknamed Goebbels’ Schnauze [Snout], referring to the Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, who often addressed the public through radio.
- Geography
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manufacture:
Germany
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Audiovisual and Photographic Materials
- Category
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Audio equipment
- Object Type
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Radio Receivers and reception (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Small, square, brown, Bakelite radio. Front has large round hole, covered with mustard colored cloth, attached to interior of the case. Lower center front has horizontal frequency dial, with 2 sets of numbers, 0-100 and 100-0, and 2 knobs. Interior has 3 Nazi emblems Mechanical workings are largely intact, as is the 2 prong plug with cloth covered cord. Cardboard back has a grid pattern cut out of upper half, with 3 screw holes on the panel edges.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 9.375 inches (23.813 cm) | Width: 9.375 inches (23.813 cm) | Depth: 5.625 inches (14.288 cm)
- Materials
- overall : wood, metal, cloth, plastic, paint, bakelite (tm)
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 Deutscher Kleinempfänger radio was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1997.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-13 16:10:40
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn12038
Also in Andre Saupe collection
The Andre Saupe collection comprise the Margaretha Rosenfeld papers as well as a Volksempfaenger DKE 38 radio, two books, a newspaper, and two lists of publications.
Margaretha Rosenfeld papers
Document
The Margaretha Rosenfeld papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, financial records, and subject files documenting Margaretha’s non‐Jewish heritage, her husband’s Jewish heritage, and the financial and social discrimination they suffered under the Nazi regime. Biographical materials include birth and marriage certificates, proof of “Aryan” descent, wills, and quitclaims documenting Jewish and non‐Jewish heritage, estates, and the inheritance of family legacies. Correspondence files primarily document Bernhard Rosenfeld’s Jewish status, his being forced to take the name “Israel” and wear the yellow star, his death, and questions regarding his estate and the payment of funeral costs. Dresdner Bank records document Margaretha and Bernhard Rosenfeld’s holdings with the Bank. Subject files document punitive Judenvermögensabgabe tax levied against the Rosenfelds, the placement of the Rosenfelds’ bank accounts under the supervision of the Foreign Exchange Office (Devisenstelle), and the forced sale of Bernhard Rosenfeld’s house. These files also document the termination of the Rosenfelds’ telephone service because Jewish residents lived in the house.
List of new publications, Schocken Verlag, Judischer Buchverlag, 1937 August
Document
List of publications from Jewish publishing houses, dated 1937 August.
List of new publications, Schocken Verlag, Judischer Buchverlag, 1937 August
Document
List of publications from Jewish publishing houses, dated 1937 August.
Book
Object
