Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Large banner with the slogan Ein Volk - Ein Reich - Ein Fuhrer [One People - One Country - One Leader], a central slogan of Hitler and the Nazi Party. The hand made banner is very long and narrow, with three foot posts at each end, perhaps to carry it during marches and parades. Nazi propaganda portrayed Hitler, their leader (Führer), as the living embodiment of the German nation and people. This slogan reinforced the cult of Hitler and the sense of destiny that the Party claimed made him the savior of Germany and father of the German people.
- Date
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undated:
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
- Markings
- front, printed, black and red dye : Eín Volk - eín Reích - eín Führer [One People - One Nation - One Leader]
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Identifying Artifacts
- Category
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Flags
- Object Type
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Banners (lcsh)
- Genre/Form
- Banners.
- Physical Description
- Extremely long, narrow, rectangular, stained, 27.750 inch high, offwhite cotton banner with a screen printed slogan, Ein Volk - ein Reich - ein Fuhrer, with uppercase letters in red and lowercase in black. The long edges are hemmed and the short edges are folded and sewn to form channels. An approximately 3 foot, squared off, wooden post is inserted into the channels and the banner is nailed to the post through an anchor strip of repurposed cardboard. Lengths of brown rope about a foot long are tied around beveled notches at the ends of the posts; 1 of the 4 ends is missing a rope.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 33.625 inches (85.408 cm) | Width: 260.000 inches (660.4 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
- Materials
- overall : cloth, wood, rope, dye, cardboard, metal, adhesive
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- National socialism. Nazi propaganda.
- Corporate Name
- Nazi Party
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The banner was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003.
- 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:
- 2023-06-06 10:13:43
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516174
Also in Third Reich propaganda collection
The collection consists of a banner, a pair of gaiters, a poster, documents, publications, and prints relating to life in Germany under the Third Reich, from 1933-1945.
Date: approximately 1934-1965
Color poster with a portrait of Hitler and the Nazi slogan: Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuhrer!
Object
Color poster of an iconic painting of the Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler, printed in Germany during the Third Reich, 1933-1945. The original painting was created by Heinrich Knirr in 1935-1936, and was based on a photograph taken by Heinrich Hoffman in 1935. Hitler approved the image and it was widely used on Nazi propaganda pieces and was very popular. The slogan Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuhrer was one of the central slogans used by Hitler and the Nazi Party. Nazi propaganda portrayed their leader (Fuhrer) as the living embodiment of the German nation and people. This slogan reinforced the cult of Hitler and the sense of destiny that the Party claimed made him the savior of Germany and father of the German people.
Pair of black leather gaiters
Object
Pair of black leather half chaps which were worn with short boots to protect the lower legs, inscribed with a name and a German city. They are similar to gaiters made in 1920, but they are undated.
Book
Object
Book
Object
Book
Object
Black and white print of five rows of multi-unit barracks on grass
Object
Black and white print depicting concentration camp barracks created by an unknown artist with the initials FK in late 1944. Many prisoners and liberating soldiers took it upon themselves to record their experiences, preserve their memories and show the world what happened. Creations range from the deeply personal responses of survivors to the more documentary approach of official war artist pieces. Some made drawings of the prisoners and life in the camps, while others created art during and after liberation. Children as well as adults documented events of the Holocaust through art. In some circumstances, imprisoned artists were able to create sketches and paintings for guards, earning extra food or other benefits as a reward, which helped some to survive life in the camps. A number of the survivors turned to art as an outlet for their trauma.
Black and white print of a path separating two rows of barracks
Object
Black and white print depicting concentration camp barracks created by an unknown artist with the initials FK in early 1945. Many prisoners, and liberating soldiers took it upon themselves to record their experiences, preserve their memories and show the world what happened. Creations range from the deeply personal responses of survivors to the more documentary approach of official war artist pieces. Some made drawings of the prisoners and life in the camps, while others created art during and after liberation. Children as well as adults documented events of the Holocaust through art. In some circumstances, imprisoned artists were able to create sketches and paintings for guards, earning extra food or other benefits as a reward, which helped some to survive life in the camps. A number of the survivors turned to art as an outlet for their trauma.
