Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Gramophone of the type used in German homes during the Nazi era, 1933-1945. Propaganda was an essential tool of the Nazi government. They understood the power of emerging technologies, such as phonographs, radio, and television, to disseminate their message into homes and workplaces. Goebbels' Ministry of Propaganda encouraged the production of home listening devices at affordable prices.
- Date
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manufacture:
approximately 1935
- Geography
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manufacture:
Germany
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Marvin Goldstein
Physical Details
- Classification
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Audiovisual and Photographic Materials
- Category
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Audio equipment
- Object Type
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Gramophones (aat)
- Physical Description
- a. Square, light brown oak gramophone base with a stepped pediment at the bottom and top edges. On the top is a circular turntable with a metal spindle screwed in the center to allow it to spin. The sides have carved pillars near the corners and a carved floral garland suspended on a valance.
b. Jointed, silver colored metal sound box and crank for a gramophone.
c. Red painted metal gramophone horn with a short, silver colored metal tube shaped bracket that connects to the gramophone base (a.) This is attached to a short, red painted metal cone, the horn elbow. The wider, top end of the cone has a ring of metal. Attached here are 7 vertical red painted metal panels with gold colored metal edging that taper upward about 15 inches, then flair into a flower like bell. The bell interior is ringed with a painted garland of white roses and daises with green leaves. - Dimensions
- overall: Height: 18.000 inches (45.72 cm) | Width: 16.000 inches (40.64 cm) | Diameter: 18.500 inches (46.99 cm)
- Materials
- a : oak
b : metal
c : metal, paint, varnish - Inscription
- BASED
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Germany--Social life and customs--20th century.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The gramophone was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Marvin Goldstein.
- 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:
- 2022-07-28 18:26:46
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- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn49160
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