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Nazi era artifacts in the Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum, Norway: A genuine SS uniform used in German occupied Norway during World War II and a (probably) fake "Swingtanzen verboten" sign. [ 9 ] Fabric intended for swastika armbands brought home as an American soldier's personal World War II souvenir and made into a swimsuit in 1950 as an expression ...
The 10.5 cm leFH 18 (German: leichte Feldhaubitze "light field howitzer") is a German light howitzer used in World War II and the standard artillery piece of the Wehrmacht, adopted for service in 1935 and used by all divisions and artillery battalions. From 1935 to the end of the war, 11,848 were produced, along with 10,265 of the leFH 18/40 ...
During World War II Göring enriched himself on a large scale with art obtained from Jewish art collectors who were plundered and either fled or were deported to their deaths in Nazi camps. At the end of the war, Göring's personal collection included 1,375 paintings, many sculptures, carpets, furniture and other artifacts.
In 1937, Hitler opened a museum. The Great German Art Exhibition, the museum known as Degenerate Art, opened to a limited audience containing the first of his collection. [3] This was his first step in his art collection. The ERR (Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg) was ordered to empty and loot museums to gather art for Hitler's growing ...
This page contains a list of equipment used the German military of World War II.Germany used a number of type designations for their weapons. In some cases, the type designation and series number (i.e. FlaK 30) are sufficient to identify a system, but occasionally multiple systems of the same type are developed at the same time and share a partial designation.
Nazi awards and decorations were discontinued after the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, with display of the swastika banned. In 1957 the Federal Republic of Germany permitted qualifying veterans to wear many Nazi-era awards on the Bundeswehr uniform, including most World War II valor and campaign awards, [1] provided the swastika symbol was ...
The German Nazi Party stored art, gold and other objects that had been either plundered or moved for safekeeping during World War II at various storage sites.These sites included salt mines at Altaussee and Merkers and a copper mine at Siegen.
The Commission for Art Recovery has characterized Switzerland as "a magnet" for assets from the rise of Hitler until the end of World War II. [13] Researching and documenting Switzerland's role "as an art-dealing centre and conduit for cultural assets in the Nazi period and in the immediate post-war period" was one of the missions of the ...