Deutsche Arbeitsfront [German Labor Force] banner with a swastika within by a gear found by a US soldier
- Date
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found:
1945 April 23
- Geography
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discovery:
Flossenbürg (Concentration camp);
Flossenbürg (Germany)
- Classification
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Identifying Artifacts
- Category
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Flags
- Object Type
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Banners (lcsh)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Leigh Smith
DAF [Deutsche Arbeitsfront [German Labor Force] swastika and gear banner acquired in April 1945 by Captain Charles Byron Smith, Jr. while serving in the United States Army in Germany. Capt. Smith was in the 90th Infantry Division, 357th Infantry Regiment. He landed on D-Day plus 2 at Sword Beach and fought with the unit across Europe into Germany. He participated in the liberation of Flossenbürg concentration camp on April 23, 1945. The flag may be from the liberation of the camp.
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Also in This Collection
Captain Charles Byron Smith, Jr. photograph
Document
Cotnains a photographic print of Capt. Charles Byron Smith, Jr. (donor's father), who served in the 90th Infantry Division, 357th Infantry Regiment, of the U.S. Army.
Deutschland Erwacht
Object
Nazi cigarette album, Deutschland Erwacht, brought home from the European theater by Captain Charles Byron Smith, Jr. who served in the 90th Infantry Division, 357th Infantry Regiment, US Army, and participated in the liberation of Flossenbürg concentration camp.