Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Adolf Hiltler-Strasse sign removed and sent by Morris Sol Legum to his family, circa 1939-1945, Karlsruhe, Germany.
- Date
-
received:
1939-1945
- Geography
-
use:
Karlsruhe (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Margaret Legum
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
- white lettering, "Adolf Hitler Strasse" [Adolf Hitler Street], on blue ground
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) | Width: 35.250 inches (89.535 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal, enamel
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The street sign was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1988 by Margaret Legum, the wife of Morris Sol Legum.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-10-07 10:28:04
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn367
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