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Nazi flag from taken from Dachau and signed by over 50 US soldiers

Object | Accession Number: 2006.449.1

2006.449.1 detail
Nazi flag from taken from Dachau and signed by over 50 US soldiers

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2006.449.1 detail
Nazi flag from taken from Dachau and signed by over 50 US soldiers

Click to enlarge

Date: found: after 1945 April 29
Geography: found: Dachau (Concentration camp); Dachau (Germany)
Language: English
French
Classification: Identifying Artifacts
Category: Flags
Object Type: Flags (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Chris A. Thomas

Physical Description: Rectangular, red cloth flag with white cloth circles affixed to the center on both sides. There is a black cloth swastika on each white circle. The white circle on the front has 56 signatures, addresses, and phrases inscribed in pen. A black patch with a silver cord border and text in silver cloth, III/97, is attached to the upper left front corner and the upper right back corner. There is black fringe with silver accents on 3 sides, and ripped, red cloth mounting loops along the hoist side.
Dimensions: overall: Height: 49.000 inches (124.46 cm) | Width: 55.000 inches (139.7 cm)
Materials: overall : wool, cotton, lurex (tm), thread, ink
Inscription: front, inside white circle, ink and marker : multiple solder's signatures, addresses, remarks
Contributor: Subject: Everett A. Fox
Biography: Everett A. Fox served in the 45th Infantry Division of the United States Army during World War II. Fox participated in the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp in Germany on April 29, 1945.
Topical Term: Soldiers--United States.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front.
World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--liberation.
Corporate Name: United States. Army. Infantry Division, 45th--History.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The flag was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2006 by Chris A. Thomas, the grandson of Everett A. Fox.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2021-02-10 09:18:24
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