Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Nazi flag taken from Dachau concentration camp by Lt. Col. Irving Dilliard of the United States Military government in 1945.
- Date
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found:
after 1945 May
- Geography
-
found:
Dachau (Concentration camp);
Dachau (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Irving Dilliard
Physical Details
- Classification
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Identifying Artifacts
- Category
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Flags
- Object Type
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Flags (lcsh)
- 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
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- 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.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:21:56
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn6370
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