Nazi propaganda cigarette card album

Object | Accession Number: 1997.66.1 a-b

Overview

Brief Narrative: Nazi propaganda cigarette coupon album celebrating Adolf Hitler's rise to power.
Artwork Title: Deutschland Erwacht (Germany Awakens)
Date: publication/distribution: 1933
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of John Meyer

Language: German
Classification: Information Forms
Category: Cards
Object Type: Cigarette cards (lcsh)
Physical Description: a=album, b=dust jacket; leather-bound; orange cover with embossed image of swastika with oak leaves and gold leaf silhouette of a S.A. member in profile; title on lower half of cover reads, "Deutschland/erwacht"; word "erwacht" is flanked by silhouettes of wheat stalks; fabric on spine also bears printed title and number "8"; album contains black and white images adhered to pages
Dimensions: overall: Height: 12.360 inches (31.394 cm) | Width: 9.370 inches (23.8 cm) | Depth: 1.380 inches (3.505 cm)
Materials: overall : leather, ink, lithographic ink, paper, adhesive, cloth
Inscription: front cover, verso: in black ink, "Donated by:/John Meyer/Gooding, Idaho"

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The cigarette card album was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1997 by John Meyer.