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Harold B. Goldberg collection

Collection
Collection Summary
The collection consists of artifacts: armbands, a badge, a leaflet, military insignia, a pennant, a ring, and scrip relating to the experiences of Harold Goldberg as a soldier in the United States Army in Europe during World War II.
Provenance
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by the family of Harold Goldberg.
Date
1907-1946
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Harold B. Goldberg photographs

Document | Accession Number: 2013.453.1

Date
1934-1945

Antisemitic Nazi propaganda leaflet mimicking a US silver certificate

Object | Accession Number: 2013.453.2

Date
found:  approximately 1945-1946

Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 1 krone note, acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2013.453.3

Geography
issue: Theresienstadt (Concentration camp); Terezin (Ustecky kraj, Czech Republic)
Date
issue:  after 1943 January 01
found:  approximately 1945-1946
Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 1 krone note, acquired by a US soldier

Star of David badge printed with Jude for Jew acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2013.453.4

Date
found:  approximately 1945-1946

Small Nazi Party Rally banner with an image of Hitler acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2013.453.5

Date
found:  approximately 1945-1946
use:  1934 September 05-1934 September 10
Small Nazi Party Rally banner with an image of Hitler acquired by a US soldier

Yellow armband embroidered Deutsche Wehrmacht for use by laborers acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2013.453.6

Date
found:  approximately 1945-1946
Yellow armband embroidered Deutsche Wehrmacht for use by laborers acquired by a US soldier

Small, yellow warning pennant with a skull and crossbones acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2013.453.7

Geography
found: Germany
use: Germany
Date
found:  1945-1946
use:  1941 July-1945
Small, yellow warning pennant with a skull and crossbones acquired by a US soldier

Wehrmacht shoulder board in gray with gold trim acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2013.453.8

Date
found:  approximately 1945-1946
Wehrmacht shoulder board in gray with gold trim acquired by a US soldier

Luftwaffe officer's insignia with embroidered silver wire eagle and swastika acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2013.453.9

Geography
found: Germany
Date
found:  1945
Luftwaffe officer's insignia with embroidered silver wire eagle and swastika acquired by a US soldier

German Army officer's visor cap insignia with a silver wire oak leaf wreath and cockade acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2013.453.10

Date
found:  approximately 1945-1946
German Army officer's visor cap insignia with a silver wire oak leaf wreath and cockade acquired by a US soldier


German State criminal police and a Gestapo warrant badge on a chain acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2013.453.12 a-c

Geography
found: Germany
Date
found:  approximately 1945-1946

NSV, National Socialist People's Welfare Organization 1938 membership badge acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2013.453.13

Geography
found: Germany
Date
issue:  1938
found:  approximately 1945-1946

2 place ribbon bar, War Merit Cross 2nd class with swords and Eastern Front ribbons acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2013.453.14

Geography
found: Germany
Date
found:  approximately 1945-1946
issue:  after 1941-before 1945

75th anniversary pin for the Fire Department of Ladenburg acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2013.453.15

Geography
issue: Ladenburg (Germany)
Date
found:  approximately 1945-1946
commemoration:  1934

WWII German Army General Assault badge with an eagle on an oak leaf wreath acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2013.453.16

Geography
issue: Berlin (Germany)
Date
found:  approximately 1945-1946
issue:  after 1940-1945

Schwabisch Hall red, gold and blue enameled coat of arms pin acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2013.453.17

Geography
issue: Schwabisch Hall (Germany)
Date
found:  approximately 1945

Tri-color aluminum cockade with twisted rope circles for a Rural Police shako acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2013.453.18

Geography
found: Germany
Date
found:  1945
issue:  1938

Wir Helfen (We Help) charity badge with a swastika acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2013.453.19

Geography
issue: Germany
Date
issue:  1933-1934
found:  1945

May Day 1938 pin featuring a dancing couple and Nazi insignia acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2013.453.20

Geography
manufacture: Pforzheim (Germany)
Date
found:  1945
commemoration:  1938 May 01

SA sports competition badge with a swastika and sword acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2013.453.21

Geography
manufacture: Pforzheim (Germany)
issue: Karlsruhe (Germany)
Date
found:  approximately 1945-1946
issue:  1938 July 02-1938 July 03

German Youth Fest 1936 badge with an embossed Reichsadler and swastika acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2013.453.22

Date
found:  1945
issue:  1936

Wehrfahig [Fit for Duty] badge with a Reichsadler and soldier acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2013.453.23

Geography
found: Germany
Date
found:  1945

Pressed tin cap badge with a Reichsadler and swastika acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2013.453.24

Date
found:  1945

German Army visor cap cockade with a red center and braid design acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2013.453.25

Geography
found: Germany
Date
found:  1945

Nazi Party 1939 convention pin with a nude mother with child acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2013.453.26

Geography
manufacture: Vienna (Austria)
Date
found:  1945
commemoration:  1939

NP badge with a blue stone acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2013.453.27

Date
found:  1945

German-Italy friendship lapel pin with flags acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2013.453.28

Geography
manufacture: Pforzheim (Germany)
Date
found:  1945
commemoration:  1938 May 01

Ring with etched iron cross design acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2013.453.29

Geography
found: Germany
Date
found:  1945

4th Wurttemberg Infantry Regiment centennial medal acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2013.453.30

Geography
found: Germany
Date
found:  1945
commemoration:  1806-1906

Pressed metal badge in the shape of an eagle over an oak wreath acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2013.453.31

Geography
found: Germany
Date
found:  approximately 1945-1946
issue:  1942

German Youth Hostel donor's badge with an embossed Nazi eagle and swastika acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2013.453.32

Date
commemoration:  1937
found:  approximately 1945-1946

Election token with a portrait of Hitler acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2013.453.33

Geography
found: Germany
Date
found:  1945
commemoration:  1929 October 27

Kingdom of Wurttemberg 12 year military service medal and ribbon acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2013.453.34

Geography
issue: Wurttemberg (Germany)
found: Germany
Date
found:  1945

SSB blue enamelled badge with a snowflake acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 2013.453.35

Geography
manufacture: Stuttgart (Germany)
found: Germany
Date
found:  1945
creation:  1907-1945

 
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