Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Ornamental finial bearing swastika found by Ardie Wickers , a soldier in the 354th Infantry Regiment, 89th Infantry Division, US Third Army. Wickers, an intelligence and reconnaissance scout, discovered the finial, as well as a Nazi banner, after entering Ohrdruf concentration camp in Germany on April 4, 1945.
- Date
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found:
1945 April 04
- Geography
-
found:
Ohrdruf (Concentration camp);
Ohrdruf (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Chris Wickers
Physical Details
- Classification
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Identifying Artifacts
- Category
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Flags
- Object Type
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Finials (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Gold colored metal flag pole finial with an embossed swastika inside a gear.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 10.250 inches (26.035 cm) | Width: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) | Depth: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Soldiers--United States--Biography.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The finial was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Chris Wickers, the son of Ardie Wickers.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 21:51:19
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- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn607643
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Also in Ardie Wickers collection
The collection consists of a Nazi banner and flag pole finial relating to the experiences of Ardie Wickers, a US soldier, during the liberation of Ohrdruf concentration camp in Germany on April 4, 1945.
Date: 1945 April 04
Large Nazi National War Flag found by a U.S. soldier.
Object
Nazi War banner found by Ardie Wickers, a soldier in the 354th Infantry Regiment, 89th Infantry Division, US Third Army. Wickers, an intelligence and reconnaissance scout, discovered the banner after entering Ohrdruf concentration camp in Germany on April 4, 1945.
