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Cigarette card with image of Hitler receiving flowers

Object | Accession Number: 2005.315.2
2005.315.2 front Cigarette card with image of Hitler receiving flowers Click to enlarge 2005.315.2 back Cigarette card with image of Hitler receiving flowers Click to enlarge

Cigarette card from the series, Kampf um's Dritte Reich (Struggle for the Third Reich), produced in Germany in 1933. The card depicts a little girl bringing Hitler flowers.

Series Title
Kampf um's Dritte Reich (Struggle for the Third Reich)
Date
publication/distribution:  approximately 1933
Geography
depiction: Nazi Party conference; Nuremberg (Germany)
Language
German
Classification
Information Forms
Category
Cards
Object Type
Cigarette cards (lcsh)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Cathy L. Kobs

About This Object

Physical Description
Rectangular paper card with color photographic image, with white border, on front and German text on back. Image depicts little girl bringing flowers to Hitler, with other men in uniforms and in suits behind him. On back top is leafy bough with circle with letters in center.
Dimensions
overall: Height: 2.440 inches (6.198 cm) | Width: 1.880 inches (4.775 cm)
Materials
overall : paper, ink
Markings
back in black text : Kampf / um’s Dritte Reich / Bild 82 / Jüngstes Deutschland / Diefe Bilder liegen in den Paßungen / unserer Ramses = Cigaretten / Gammelalben für die 273 Bilder find gegen Boreinfendung von RM 1.- / durch unś oder durch jeden handler / erhältlich / JASMATZI / CIGARETTENFABRIK G.M.B.H / DRESDEN
Contributor
Subject: Herbert H. Kobs
Distributor: Jasmatzi Cigarettenfabrik G.M.B.H
Biography
Herbert Kobs was born on May 15, 1924, in Dane, Wisconiosn. He enlisted in the United States Army on January 18, 1943. He was posted to the Pacific theater, where part of his duties included serving as a guard for General Douglas MacArthur. He was demobilized on December 31, 1945. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1950. He married Alice Hafemeister and they had two daughters. Kobs spent most of his career as a high school history teacher and guidance counselor at Burlington High School in Burlington, Wisconsin. He died at age 57, in July 1981.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The cigarette card was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Cathy Kobs, the daughter of Herbert Kobs.

Rights and Restrictions

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

 
Record last modified: 2023-08-07 10:41:12
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