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: Height: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm) | Width: 4.120 inches (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 Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2019-12-05 21:23:23
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Consists of nine photographs of the liberation of Ohrdruf concentration camp in 1945 and a Nazi armband.

Document

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