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Pin from Kraft durch Freude [Strength Through Happiness] aviation event
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, United States
Commemorative pin issued for the People's Day of Flight, an aviation event held by the Kraft durch Freude [Strength Through Happiness] movement in the German city of Gera in 1933. Kraft durch Freude was a state-sponsored national organization under the Nazi regime that promoted organized leisure activities for the German workforce.
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- Title: Pin from Kraft durch Freude [Strength Through Happiness] aviation event
- Provenance: The pin was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by the University of Mary Washington Galleries.
- Subject Keywords: Germany--Social life and customs--20th century. Nazi propaganda--Germany. Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945.
- Type: Jewelry
- Rights: Permanent Collection
- External Link: See the full record at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Medium: Octagonal, bronze-colored, metal pin. The front has an embossed design at upper center of an airplane with 3 letters at top, German text below, and a swastika in the lower corners. A number is stamped into the bottom. The back has a pin clasp attached by solder.
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