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Hitler Youth Saar Westmark Koblenz pin

Object | Accession Number: 2016.471.4

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    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    Hitler Youth Saar Westmark Koblenz tinnie acquired by Edward and Joseph Tenenbaum. Edward, a 1st Lieutenant in the OSS and the US Army during the Second World War (1939-1945), was the first American officer to enter Buchenwald concentration camp at liberation, a participant in the liberation of Ohrdruf, and author of the Buchenwald Report. His father, Joseph Tenenbaum, was one of the organizers of the early boycott against Nazi Germany.
    Date
    commemoration:  1934 June 16-1934 June 17
    Geography
    issue: Germany
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jeannette Tenenbaum

    Physical Details

    Language
    German
    Classification
    Identifying Artifacts
    Category
    Badges
    Object Type
    Lapel pins (aat)
    Genre/Form
    Badges
    Physical Description
    Hollow backed metal badge in a gold finish shaped as a crossed S initial. German text and dates are embossed in the center.tion HJ and '16/17.6.1934.' The inscriptions are indented with a darkened metal finish. A retaining pin is attached to the reverse.
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
    Materials
    overall : metal
    Inscription
    front, embossed : JJ / SAAR WESTMARK / KOBLENZ / 16/17.6.1934

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    Conditions on Access
    No restrictions on access

    Keywords & Subjects

    Geographic Name
    Germany
    Corporate Name
    Hitler Youth

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The pin was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Jeannette Tenenbaum, wife of Edward Tenenbaum and daughter-in-law of Joseph Tenenbaum.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
    Record last modified:
    2023-09-06 11:35:45
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