Cigarette card depicting Hitler traveling in Prussia

Herbert Kobs was born on May 15, 1924, in Dane, Wisconiosn. He enlisted in the United States Army on January 18, 1943. He was posted to the Pacific theater, where part of his duties included serving as a guard for General Douglas MacArthur. He was demobilized on December 31, 1945. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1950. He married Alice Hafemeister and they had two daughters. Kobs spent most of his career as a high school history teacher and guidance counselor at Burlington High School in Burlington, Wisconsin. He died at age 57, in July 1981. 

The cigarette card was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Cathy Kobs, the daughter of Herbert Kobs. 

Cigarette card depicting Hitler traveling in Prussia 

overall: Height: 1.880 inches (4.775 cm) | Width: 2.440 inches (6.198 cm) 

Cigarette card from the series, Kampf um's Dritte Reich (Struggle for the Third Reich), produced in Germany, ca.1933. The card depicts Hitler traveling in East Prussia. 

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Rectangular paper card with color photographic image, with white border, on front and German text on back. Image of Hitler shaking hands with man in Nazi uniform, standing by 2 cars, one with a flag. In background is a large white ship. On back top is leafy bough with circle with letters in center.