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[es-ES]Record tools[es-ES] [es-ES]Displays[es-ES]	Swastika uniform badge Remove from selection Add to selection Número del objetoM2025/085 TítuloSwastika uniform badge DescripciónNazi fabric uniform patch depicting an eagle clutching a swastika. This object originates from the National Socialist regime in Germany, 1933-1945. The museum approaches the history of the Holocaust primarily from the perspective of the victims. However, objects connected to the perpetrators are also preserved as evidence of the ideology and human choices that enabled genocide. While the museum does not actively acquire Nazi memorabilia, families of former Allied soldiers often donate items such as German medals, buckles, flags or daggers, presumably taken as war souvenirs. These objects are not displayed to glorify or endorse Nazi ideology. Rather, they demonstrate how symbols were mobilised in the service of persecution and violence, offering insight into the mechanisms of power and the individuals who sustained the regime. Fecha 1934 - 1945 Temanazi memorabilia, German soldiers Nombre del objetomilitary badges Materialfibres (fabrics) Línea de créditoSydney Jewish Museum collection, donated by Gary Leahey In appreciation to the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) for supporting this archival project.

Número del objetoM2025/085

TítuloSwastika uniform badge

DescripciónNazi fabric uniform patch depicting an eagle clutching a swastika.

This object originates from the National Socialist regime in Germany, 1933-1945. The museum approaches the history of the Holocaust primarily from the perspective of the victims. However, objects connected to the perpetrators are also preserved as evidence of the ideology and human choices that enabled genocide. While the museum does not actively acquire Nazi memorabilia, families of former Allied soldiers often donate items such as German medals, buckles, flags or daggers, presumably taken as war souvenirs. These objects are not displayed to glorify or endorse Nazi ideology. Rather, they demonstrate how symbols were mobilised in the service of persecution and violence, offering insight into the mechanisms of power and the individuals who sustained the regime.

Fecha 1934 - 1945

Temanazi memorabilia, German soldiers

Nombre del objetomilitary badges

Materialfibres (fabrics)

Línea de créditoSydney Jewish Museum collection, donated by Gary Leahey In appreciation to the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) for supporting this archival project.

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