Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Small, black painted metal bust of Adolf Hitler acquired by a United States soldier during his tour of duty in Germany during World War II and brought back with him to Baltimore.
- Date
-
found:
approximately 1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Baltimore War Memorial Museum
Physical Details
- Classification
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Art
- Category
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Sculpture
- Object Type
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Busts (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Small, realistic, hollow, cast metal bust of Adolf Hitler composed of a silver-colored base metal with a black painted surface. The side-parted hair and facial features are very detailed. The figure looks straight ahead with a stern gaze and furrowed brow. Two screws in the base of the neck attach it to a 3-tiered square pedestal. The paint is worn off, especially along the ears and nose.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 8.750 inches (22.225 cm) | Width: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm) | Depth: 6.375 inches (16.192 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal, paint
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- National socialism in art. Nazis--Portraits. Propaganda in art. World War, 1939-1945--Germany--History.
- Geographic Name
- Germany--History--World War, 1939-1945--Portraits.
- Personal Name
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Portraits.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The sculpture was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by James T. Brady, on behalf of the Baltimore War Memorial Museum.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-12-02 09:32:52
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn49115
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