Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Adolf Hitler-Strasse street sign, taken by Harmon R. Stone, a US soldier, during the Allied occupation of Germany in May 1945.
- Date
-
found:
1945 May
- Geography
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use:
Germany
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jonathan Stone, In memory of Harmon R. Stone
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Information Forms
- Category
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Signs and signboards
- Object Type
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Street signs (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Narrow, rectangular painted metal sign with raised white enamel lettering, Adolf Hitler-Straße, on a blue background with a narrow white border and a black edge. There are four circular holes punched through each corner.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) | Width: 35.500 inches (90.17 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal, enamel paint
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 street sign was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1986 by Jonathan Stone, the son of Harmon R. Stone.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-09-15 10:20:28
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn21
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