Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Cigarette card from the series, Kampf um's Dritte Reich (Struggle for the Third Reich), produced in Germany ca. 1933. The card depicts Hitler and soldiers driving on the road in an open convertible.
- Series Title
- Kampf um's Dritte Reich (Struggle for the Third Reich)
- Date
-
publication/distribution:
approximately 1933
- Geography
-
depiction:
Nuremberg (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Cathy L. Kobs
- Markings
- back, in black text : Kampf / um’s Dritte Reich / Bild 140 / Raft an der Landstraße / 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.
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Information Forms
- Category
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Cards
- Object Type
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Cigarette cards (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Rectangular paper card with color photographic image, with white border, on front and German text on back. Image depicts passengers in open top car: Hitler, Nazi soldiers in uniform, and other men with leather caps, driving goggles, and trench coats. Back top has leafy bough with circle with letters in the center.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 1.880 inches (4.775 cm) | Width: 2.440 inches (6.198 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Nazi propaganda.
- Corporate Name
- Nazi Party
Administrative Notes
- 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.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-10-03 13:07:21
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Cigarette card depicting Hitler leaving Nazi Party headquarters in Munich
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Cigarette card depicting Hitler traveling in Prussia
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Cigarette card depicting Hitler at Nazi Party headquarters in Munich
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