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Nazi Party Winter Hilfswerk collection box

Object | Accession Number: 2000.327.1

Red collection box with Nazi insignia used by the NSDAP [National Socialist German Workers' Party] to collect contributions during the Winter Hilfswerk, a charity campaign for the relief of the German people.

Date
use:  approximately 1935
Geography
use: Vienna (Austria)
Language
German
Classification
Containers
Category
Metal containers
Object Type
Collection boxes (Fund raising equipment) (lcsh)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Bloomfield-Oberholtzer Family

About This Object

Physical Description
Circular red metal box with a handle. It has a paper label imprinted with German text with the Nazi national insignia in background. There is a narrow slot for coins and a hole with a label for paper currency at the top.
Dimensions
overall: Height: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) | Diameter: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm)
Materials
overall : metal, paint, paper, ink
Inscription
on paper label, black ink : Winter-Hilfswerk des Deutchen Volkes / Gau Wien [Winter Relief of the German People / Vienna District
top, on paper label, black ink : papier geld / Vienna, Austria(?)

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The collection box was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000 by the Bloomfield-Oberholtzer Family.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use

 
Record last modified: 2021-02-10 09:14:22
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