Hitler Youth Saar Westmark Koblenz pin
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The pin was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Jeannette Tenenbaum, wife of Edward Tenenbaum and daughter-in-law of Joseph Tenenbaum.
1934 June 16-1934 June 17
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Hitler Youth Saar Westmark Koblenz pin
overall: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
Hitler Youth Saar Westmark Koblenz tinnie acquired by Edward and Joseph Tenenbaum. Edward, a 1st Lieutenant in the OSS and the US Army during the Second World War (1939-1945), was the first American officer to enter Buchenwald concentration camp at liberation, a participant in the liberation of Ohrdruf, and author of the Buchenwald Report. His father, Joseph Tenenbaum, was one of the organizers of the early boycott against Nazi Germany.
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Hollow backed metal badge in a gold finish shaped as a crossed S initial. German text and dates are embossed in the center.tion HJ and '16/17.6.1934.' The inscriptions are indented with a darkened metal finish. A retaining pin is attached to the reverse.
front, embossed : JJ / SAAR WESTMARK / KOBLENZ / 16/17.6.1934