Nazi swastika armband

Object | Accession Number: 2002.242.2

Classification: Identifying Artifacts
Category: Armbands
Object Type: Armbands (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jack Reuben

Physical Description: The Nazi armband is a rectangular form constructed of red cotton fabric. A black swastika is embroidered in the center against a white circular background.
Dimensions: overall : 7.750 x 4.120 in. (19.685 x 10.465 cm.)
Materials: overall : cloth
Corporate Name: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The armband was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002 by Jack Reuben.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
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Consists of nine photographs of the liberation of Ohrdruf concentration camp in 1945 and a Nazi armband.

Date: 1945

Document

The papers consist of nine photographs of corpses at Ohrdruf concentration camp immediately following liberation in April or May 1945.