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Nazi flag acquired at Dachau by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 1992.216.1

Date: found: after 1945 May
Geography: found: Dachau (Concentration camp); Dachau (Germany)
Classification: Identifying Artifacts
Category: Flags
Object Type: Flags (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Irving Dilliard

Physical Description: Large, rectangular cotton flag with a printed black swastika on a white circle upon a red field.
Dimensions: overall: Height: 95.250 inches (241.935 cm) | Width: 56.250 inches (142.875 cm)
Materials: overall : cotton, dye
Topical Term: Soldiers--United States--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Germany--Personal narratives, American.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The flag was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992 by Irving Dilliard.
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2021-02-10 08:59:24
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