Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Small silver pendant depicting Hitler hanged purchased as a souvenir by William Beck, a United States soldier, in Tel Aviv, Palestine, in February 1943.
- Date
-
received:
1943 February
- Geography
-
received:
Tel Aviv (Israel)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of William Beck
- Markings
- back, silver mark, engraved : ST.925
Physical Details
- Classification
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Jewelry
- Category
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Bracelets
- Object Type
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Charms (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Small silver pendant in the shape of a man, Adolf Hitler, in right profile hanging from a rope noose tied in a slipknot around his neck. His brow is furrowed, his open eyes bulge, his tongue sticks out under his toothbrush mustache, and his straight hair falls to the right. He wears a uniform with a swastika armband, crossbelt, and knee-high boots. A silver mark is engraved on the back. The circular hole formed by the noose loop acts as the bale for attaching the pendant to a chain or bracelet.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Width: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm)
- Materials
- overall : sterling silver
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 charm was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by William Beck.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-10-03 13:09:58
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn523386
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The collection consists of an anti-Hitler pendant and a publication relating to the experiences of William Beck, while serving as a soldier in the United States Army during World War II.
Date: 1943-1945
Dachau
Document
Contains a publication entitled Dachau, published in 1945, with the following contents: I. Foreword, William W. Quinn -- II. Dachau, concentration camp / OSS Section, Seventh Army -- III. Dachau, concentration camp and town / PWB Section, Seventh Army -- IV. Dachau, concentration camp / CIC Detachment, Seventh Army
