DescriptionMedallion Urnenfund bei Litzmannstadt.png
English: Ceramic medallion issued by the the Gausammlungen of the Winterhilfswerk (WHW).
Depicts a funerary urn of the Przeworsk culture (ca. 2nd century AD), found at Biala near Lódz, the urn itself is incised with a swastika symbol.
Inscribed with "EWIGER DEUTSCHER OSTEN / Urnenfund bei Litzmannstadt / 100 n. Z."
This is nr. 22 of a series of such medallions issued by the WHW entitled "Ewiger Deutscher Osten" ("Eternal German East") in the collection drive of winter 1942/43.
Reproduced in Andrej Mikolajczyk, 'Didactic presentations of the past: some retrospective considerations in relation to the Archaeological and Ethnographical Museum, Lódz, Poland' in: Gathercole and Lowenthal (eds.), The Politics of the Past (1990), fig. 19.5, p. 250 (caption "Ceramic medallion issued by the Nazi authorities showing urn with swastika.")
The entire series of "Gau 36" (Wartheland) issued in winters 1941/42 and 1942/43 consisted of
Reinhard Tieste, Spendenbelege des WHW. Band V: Gausammlungen 1933-1945, Gaue 31-40, 1993.[2]
Polski: Ceramiczny medalion z 36. krajowej kolekcji [3](org. Gausammlungen) gadżetów wydanych przez akcję Niemieckiej Pomocy Zimowej (org. Winterhilfswerk des Deutschen Volkes, WHW).
Na medalionie wizerunek ozdobionej symbolem swastyki popielnicy z okresu tzw. kultury przeworskiej (III w. p.n.e. - V w. n.e.) znalezionej w Białej pod Łodzią. Całość sygnowana tekstem "Odwieczny Niemiecki Wschód / Wykopalisko spod Litzmannstadt / 100 n.e.)" (org. EWIGER DEUTSCHER OSTEN / Urnenfund bei Litzmannstadt / 100 n. Z.).
Pozycja 22. tej kolekcji wydanej w okresie 1942/43 i zatytuowanej "Odwieczny Niemiecki Wschód".
Reprodukcja z prezentacji Andrzeja Mikołajczyka "Didactic presentations of the past: some retrospective considerations in relation to the Archaeological and Ethnographical Museum, Lódz, Poland" na konferencji w
1990, Conference Proceedings edition: "The Politics of the past" / edited by Peter Gathercole, David Lowenthal ryc. 19.5, str 250 (podpis "Ceramiczny medalion przedstawiający urnę ze swastyką, wydany przez władze Nazistowskie.")
Literatura:
Reinhard Tieste, Spendenbelege des WHW. Band V: Gausammlungen 1933-1945, Gaue 31-40, 1993.[4]
Date
1942/43
Source
Nazi propaganda medallion issued 1942/43
Author
Winterhilfswerk (artist unknown)
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