us-005578-irn517379-irn517398
type: RecordSet
physical characterisitics and technical requirements: Miniature, glazed, ceramic figurine in the shape of a person standing and holding a fish horizontally across his midsection.. Male figure's clothes are colored with glaze paint: brown hat, red bandanna, black jacket, green skirt, black boots. The fish is painted white and gray. The back is unglazed with impressed numbers and there is a hole in the center. It would originally have had a metal clasp pin attached to the back.
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
date: 1939 March
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has record set type: Item
history: The figurine was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by the University of Mary Washington Galleries.
identifier: irn517398
is or was included in: us-005578-irn517379
record resource extent: overall: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: Small painted ceramic figurine given as a memento to donors in appreciation for their contribution to the Winterhilfswerk Des Deutchen Volkes (Winter Charity Campaign]. This figurine is from the March 1939 series, Schaffendes Deutchsland [Productive Germany]. It was originally a pin. The WHW was a public charity fundraising organization established in Germany by the Nazi Party in 1933. In addition to fundraising, the organization was used by the Nazi regime to promote Volksgemeinschaft, a sense of community, among the German people.
title: Miniature figurine in Bavarian dress with a fish for charity campaign donors