us-005578-irn533586-irn548807
has beginning date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1945-01-01
title: Deutsche Arbeitsfront swastika and cogwheel banner acquired by a US POW
record resource extent: a: Height: 52.000 inches (132.08 cm) | Width: 55.000 inches (139.7 cm) b: Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 12.000 inches (30.48 cm) | Depth: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm)
has or had identifier: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn533586-irn548807/alternateIDs/1
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn533586-irn548807/acquisitions/1
type: RecordSet
has or had holder: us-005578
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn548807
physical characterisitics and technical requirements: a. Red cloth flag with a swastika encircled by a gear-wheel, with a patch identifying it as having been used in Rosmin (present day Roscimin, Poland).
has end date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1945-12-31
scope and content: Deutsche Arbeitsfront banner (German Labor Front / DAF) acquired by Major Milton Evans Dowse, United States Army, after his liberation from Oflag 64, a German prisoner-of-war camp in Szubin, Poland, in January 1945. The flag has a swastika encircled by a gear-wheel, and a patch identifying it as having been used in Rosmin (present-day Roscimin, Poland). DAF was the only authorized trade union in Germany. The Nazi regime abolished all other trade unions in 1933 in order to ensure political control over industry.
is or was included in: us-005578-irn533586
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
history: The flag was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Milton Richard Dowse.