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Nazi Party pin for Labor Day 1935 found by David F. Busch

Object | Accession Number: 2014.480.23

Nazi Party Labor Day (Tag der Arbeit) 1935 pin acquired by PFC David F. Busch, an American soldier who was stationed in Europe during WWII (1939-1945). Labor Day (also known as May Day) takes place on May 1 to celebrate laborers and the working classes. In April 1933, after the Nazi party took control of the German government, May 1 was appropriated as the “Day of National Work,” with all celebrations organized by the government. On May 2, the Nazi party banned all independent trade-unions, bringing them under state control of the German Labor Front. This style of mass-produced, die-struck metal pin is often referred to colloquially as a tinnie.

Date
commemoration:  1935 May 01
issue:  1935
Language
German
Classification
Identifying Artifacts
Category
Badges
Object Type
Lapel pins (aat)
Genre/Form
Badges.
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Tara Barenok
 
Record last modified: 2023-11-22 11:37:28
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