Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Certificate taken by Ira Nestel, an American soldier, from the body of a dead German soldier, presumably Heinz Werner Paul.
- Date
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issue:
1943 March 28
found: 1944-1945
- Geography
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acquired:
Germany
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ira Nestle
- Contributor
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Subject:
Ira Nestle
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Information Forms
- Category
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Permits
- Object Type
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Certificates (aat)
- Physical Description
- Nazi emblem, translation of text: "I promise with all my duty to put love and faith for our leader and in our flag."; lower right, stamped signature of Leader of Hitler Youth and the Sovereign Representative of NSDAP.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 8.110 inches (20.599 cm) | Width: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink, adhesive
- Inscription
- verso, numbers jotted in black ink
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 certificate was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993 by Ira Nestle.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-05-22 09:26:55
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn7283
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