Brandenburg Gate postcard

Object | Accession Number: 1997.88.16

Overview

Title: Brandenburg Gate postcard
Date: depiction: 1933 January 30
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of an Anonymous Donor

Language: German
Classification: Information Forms
Category: Postcards
Object Type: Postcards (lcsh)
Genre/Form: Postcards.
Extent: 1 folder
Physical Description: White paper; recto: left side, image in black and red ink depicting large crowd and parade under classical monument supported by pillars and topped by stone horses [Brandenburg Gate]; printed caption under image reads, "Deutschland, Deutschland ueber alles!/30.1.1933"; upper right quadrant, printed text, "Postkarte" with printed postage stamp depicting profiles of Adolf Hitler and Paul von Hindenburg, text reads, "6 [Pfennig]/Deutsches Reich"; lower right quadrant bears printed lines for address; outer edges bear printed linear design highlighted by a swastika at each corner; verso: blank.
Dimensions: overall: Height: 4.125 inches (10.477 cm) | Width: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm)
Materials: overall : paper, ink

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The postcard was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1997 by an anonymous donor.