Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Envelope is square beige paper with black text, "Ehrenkreuzes der Deutschen Mutter, Dritte Stufe." Rectangular paper document with type written text, red and purple stamps and signature in black ink; dated 24 Marz 1944 from the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei. Third document is a certificate printed in black text, type written name (Ottilia Breidler) and ink signatures or stamps for the Ehrenkreuzes der Deutschen Mutter; dated 1 Oktober 1939.
- Artwork Title
- Mother's Cross Documents
- Date
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publication/distribution:
1939-1944
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
- Contributor
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Distributor:
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Information Forms
- Category
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Proclamations
- Object Type
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Testimonials (aat)
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The documents were acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2001.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-04-06 09:13:05
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn512993
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Also in Mother's Cross medal collection
The collection consists of a Mother's Cross medal with its envelope and documentation, a medal instituted and issued during the government of the Third Reich in Germany, 1933-1945.
Date: 1939-1944
Cross of Honor of the German Mother medal
Object
The Mother's Cross was instituted by the Nazi Party in 1938. It was first awarded in 1939 to some 3 million mothers as a propaganda measure to promote National Socialist population policy.
