Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Statue of a man preparing to throw a discus used at The Deutsches Hygiene Museum in der DDR where exhibitions and the teaching of racial and eugenic theories originated during the Third Reich.
- Artwork Title
- Discus Thrower
- Date
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use:
approximately 1933-1945
- Geography
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use:
Germany
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Deutsches Hygiene Museum in der DDR
Physical Details
- Classification
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Art
- Category
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Sculpture
- Object Type
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Statues (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Figure sculpture of a youth in athletic shorts and a sleeveless shirt with his right arm extended backward as he prepares to throw the discus in his hand.
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 sculpture was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by the Deutsches Hygiene Museum in the Deutsche Demokratische Republik (East Germany.)
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:11:15
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn3987
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