An American serviceman who is visiting the Kibbutz Nili hachshara (Zionist collective) in Pleikershof, Germany, reads a desecrated tombstone that had been used by Julius Streicher for a threshold to a building on his estate.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 30017

Date: 1945 - 1948
Locale: Pleikershof, [Fuerth] Germany
Variant Locale: Kibbutz Nili
Photo Designation: DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- Hachsharot -- Germany -- Kibbutz Nili/Pleikershof
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Ruchana Medine White

Event History: Kibbutz Nili was a Zionist agricultural collective established on the 350- acre former estate of Nazi propagandist and war criminal Julius Streicher in Pleikersdorf, Germany. Founded on December 8, 1945, the name of the kibbutz was taken from the initials of the Zionist motto "Netzach Yisrael Lo Yishaker" (The eternity of Israel will not lie), but it was often humorously referred to as Streichershof. The kibbutz successfully raised crops and livestock. Because of its location just outside of Nuremberg, it was a frequent stop for visitors attending sessions of the International Military Tribunal.

https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005462.
Keyword: CLOSE-UPS
DESECRATION
DP CAMPS/CENTERS
GRAVES/MARKERS/TOMBSTONES
KIBBUTZ (NILI)
PLEIKERSHOF
SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
STREICHER FARM
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Ruchana Medine White
: Record last modified: 2003-02-13 00:00:00
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