Kurt Weiler collection
Collection
- Collection Summary
- The collection consists of two Waffen SS fezzes and a Nazi banner relating to the experiences of Kurt Weiler, a refugee from Nazi Germany before World War II, who served in the US Army in Europe during the war.
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994 by Wallis Weiler Cady, Clifford Weiler, and Jeffry Weiler for the Estate of Kurt Weiler.
- Date
- 1945
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- Date
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received:
1945
- Geography
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found:
Dachau (Concentration camp) after liberation;
Dachau (Germany)
- Date
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found:
1945 April
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Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:26:53
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Waffen SS red fez acquired by a US soldier in Germany
Object | Accession Number: 1994.101.1
Waffen SS green fez found in Dachau by a US soldier
Object | Accession Number: 1994.101.2
