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Kronenkreuz crucifix stickpin of the Inner Mission charity

Object | Accession Number: 2006.483.2
2006.483.2 front Kronenkreuz crucifix stickpin of the Inner Mission charity Click to enlarge

Crowned cross [Rosenkreiz] crucifix pin given by the Central-Ausschuss fur Innere Mission [Central Committee for Inner Mission of the Protestant Church of Germany] to people who donated to their charity organization, the Inner Mission. The Nazi regime, which governed Germany from 1933-1945, limited the church's fundraising activities to an annual Volkstag der Innere Mission [National Day of Inner Mission]. The pin shows the Kronenkreuz (crowned cross), the official sign of the Inner Mission.

Date
1935  (issue)
Geography
issue : Berlin (Germany)
Language
German
Classification
Jewelry
Category
Pins (Jewelry)
Object Type
Lapel pins (aat)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Archiv des Diakonischen Werkes der Evangelischen Kirche Deutschlands
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About This Object

Physical Description
Silver-colored metal pin shaped as the outline of a Kronenkreuz [crowned cross]; the crown is formed by placing, on each side of the vertical cross section, an outlined arch form with the base on the horizontal cross bar and the top on the vertical cross bar. There is embossed text on a black/purple background on the upright post, the transverse piece, and the curved sides. A gold straight pin is attached to the back.
Dimensions
overall : 1.750 x 0.500 in. (4.445 x 1.27 cm.)
Materials
overall : metal
Markings
embossed on print surface, starts on the arms, left to right, then to the stake, then to the crown : 19 * volkstag*35 / dank der / innere mission / ampalm / ronntag [1935 National Day / Thanks to the Inner Mission ]
Contributor
Distributor: Archiv des Diakonischen Werkes der Evangelischen Kirche Deutschlands
Biography
[Social Welfare Organisation of the Protestant Church in Germany] The Diaconia is the social welfare organisation of the Protestant Church in Germany (EKD). It includes the regional social welfare services of the 20 EKD member churches, diaconal associations of other Protestant denominations, and approximately 80 specialist organisations working in different fields of social care, health care and education. The Inner Mission was their major charity organization in the 1930s. Hitler became Chancellor in 1933 and under the Nazi regime, the fundraising activities were limited to an annual Volkstag der Innere Mission [National Day of Inner Mission.] After the end of World War II, the relief organisation Hilfswerk der EKD, was founded to attract foreign aid and promote ecumenical contacts to fight famine, support exiles and refugees, and overcome unemployment. In 1975, Innere Mission and Hilfswerk united to become Diakonisches Werk der EKD.

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Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The pin was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2006 by the Archiv des Diakonischen Werkes der Evangelischen Kirche Deutschlands, Berlin.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
Restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2018-01-11 14:22:12
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Also in Archiv des Diakonischen Werkes der Evangelischen Kirche Deutschlands, Berlin collection

The collection consists of lapel pins related to the history of the Inner Mission charity of the Protestant Church in Germany during the 1930s under the Nazi regime in Germany.

Date: approximately 1935

Kronenkreuz oval stickpin of the Inner Mission charity

Kronenkreuz oval stickpin of the Inner Mission charity

Object

Crowned cross [kronenkreuz] oval pin issued by the Central-Ausschuss fur Innere Mission [Central Committee for Inner Mission] of the Protestant Church in Germany to people who donated to their charity organization, the Inner Mission. The Nazi regime, which governed Germany from 1933-1945, limited the church's fundraising activities to an annual Volkstag der Innere Mission [National Day of Inner Mission]. The mission would collect money on the street and go door to door seeking donations on this day. The pin shows the Kronenkreuz (crowned cross), the official sign of the Inner Mission.

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