Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Captured by American liberators, March 1945, Bischofsheim, Germany.
- Date
-
found:
1945 March 12
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Nurit Thorn-Zachter
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Classification
-
Identifying Artifacts
- Category
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Flags
- Object Type
-
Flags (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Red Nazi flag with a black swastika over a white circular center. Written on the flag in ink are the signatures, hometowns, and addresses of the American soldiers who liberated the town of Bischofsheim, Germany.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 11.420 inches (29.007 cm) | Width: 18.900 inches (48.006 cm) | Depth: 48.030 inches (121.996 cm)
- Materials
- overall : cotton, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The flag was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991 by Nurit Thorn-Zachter.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-10-03 12:49:14
- This page:
- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn5267
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