Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Nazi propaganda board game, Radio-Sende-Spiel: Ein luestiges Wuerfelspiel fuer vier Personen [Radio Station Game: A funny dice game for four people.] The set includes a game board, one die, 4 game pieces, and instructions with the original box. This set has an additional game board with a game hand drawn on the back. The game is based upon the sending of radio messages between transmission towers of the German Armed Forces within the boundaries of Germany circa 1942, thus Czechoslovakia and Poland are shown as part of Germany. The player's goal is to make it around the gameboard while avoiding enemy or foreign radio stations. Radio transmissions are monitored by enemies of Germany and the cities outside German boundaries, such as London, Paris, Bucharest, and Moscow are marked with red dots with question marks and must be approached with caution. The starting place is Stuttgart and the goal is Berlin. The game was manufactured in Nazi Germany after 1939.
- Date
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manufacture:
1942
- Geography
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manufacture:
Germany
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
- Markings
- a. lid, top exterior, within white rectangle, black ink : Auslandsender mithören verboten! [Listening to foreign radio stations is forbidden!]
a. lid, top exterior, within white sign tower, 1st part; black ink; 2nd part: cursive, red ink : RADIO- SENDE- SPIEL / Ein lŭstiges Würfelspiel für vier Personen [Radio Broadcast Game / A fun dice game for four persons]
a. lid exterior, lower left and right corners, black ink : Gesetzlich geschütz! / Ebu Spiele [logo] / K0942 [Legally protected...]
b. interior, playing surface, top, black, then blue, ink : RADIO-SENDE-SPIEL für 4 Personen
i. interior, playing surface, top, black, then blue, ink : RADIO-SENDE-SPIEL für 4 Personen - Contributor
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Manufacturer:
Ebu Spiele
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Toys
- Category
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Games
- Object Type
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Board games (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- a. Light brown laminate telescoping paperboard box with a lid and base with stapled corners to hold game parts b-h. A piece of smooth, glossy white paper with a graphic design is glued to the lid exterior. It depicts a black metal signal tower on a multiradial white circle with a green outline of Germany with symbols for major cities, a policeman holding a HALT sign, and another sign. Imposed over the tower center is a blue circle with a white logo and ZIEL [goal.] Imposed across the lower section of the tower is a white sign with the game name; on top of the sign is a dancing couple in traditional Bavarian costume. The background is red at the top with evergreen trees and text at the bottom. A sheet of paper with typed instructions is pasted inside the lid.
b. Game board of brown paperboard covered with smooth, glossy, white paper. It is divided in half vertically, with black paper tape at the joint. It folds closed for storage. The graphic board design features a green outline of Germany, a green dot outline of Poland, and nearly 2 dozen cities marked by linked radio towers, famous buildings, and numbers; for example, Paris-Eiffel Tower, London-London Bridge, Rouen-Cathedral, Budapest-Buda Castle. Most cities have blue dots, but a few, London, Paris, Beromunster, Bukarest, Moskau, and Leningrad have larger red dots. Black dots mark a trail over the entire board, connected by black or red lines. Players advance by rolling the die to move around the board. Start is Stuttgart and the goal is to reach Berlin, marked by the Brandenburg Gate and the text, ZEIL / Deutschland-sender.
c. Red painted upright wooden playing piece with a flat base, tapered cylindrical body with a center bulge, and a ball-shaped top.
d. Purple painted upright wooden playing piece with a flat base, tapered cylindrical body with a center bulge, and a ball-shaped top.
e. Yellow painted upright wooden playing piece with a flat base, tapered cylindrical body with a center bulge, and a ball-shaped top.
f. Black painted wooden upright wooden playing piece with a flat base, tapered cylindrical body with a center bulge, and a ball-shaped top.
g. Black painted wooden dice cube with 6 facets and rounded, beveled corners. Each facet has 1 to 6 unpainted drilled holes.
h. Brown paper printed with black typewritten game rules [Spielregel.]
i. Game board in 2 sections joined by black tape with the same preprinted graphic design on the interior as (b.) The exterior is painted white with a game drawn in crayon, pencil, and paint. There are solid painted circles with pencilled outlines in each corner: clockwise: green, blue, red, yellow. In the center is a large circle with a pattern of connected blocks, about every 4th block is a different color. The circle is crossed by a vertical band with some connecting paths. - Dimensions
- a: Height: 13.750 inches (34.925 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Depth: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm)
b: Height: 13.000 inches (33.02 cm) | Width: 19.375 inches (49.213 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
c: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Width: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
d: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Width: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
e: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Width: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
f: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Width: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
g: Height: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Width: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Depth: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm)
h: Height: 4.125 inches (10.478 cm) | Width: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm)
i: Height: 13.000 inches (33.02 cm) | Width: 19.250 inches (48.895 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) - Materials
- a : cardboard, paper, printing ink, adhesive, metal, graphite
b : fiberboard, paper, pressure-sensitive tape, printing ink
c : wood, paint
d : wood, paint
e : wood, paint
f : wood, paint
g : wood, paint
h : paper, ink
i : fiberboard, paper, pressure-sensitive tape, ink, graphite, paint - Inscription
- a. lid interior, inside circle, pencil : 90
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The board game was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2006.
- Funding Note
- The acquisition of this collection was made possible by The Abraham and Ruth Goldfarb Family Acquisition Fund.
The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
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