Medal Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Nazi Death Camp, Auschwitz in 1945 by the Soviet Army - 1975
1975
caption:
The Front / Obverse depicts rolling tanks of the Soviet Army as they liberated the camp, and the inscription in Polish – “XXX years of the Liberation of the Auschwitz”
Identifer: CJF R 0001
Medium
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Topics
Auschwitz
Collections
Holocaust Medals, Plaques, Tokens & Pins, Auschwitz Medals, Plaques, Tokens & Pins, Cincinnati Judaica Fund Research Collection
Description
The design for this medal resulted from a competition in Polish primary schools among the children to paint the liberation of the Death Camp in Auschwitz by the Soviet Army in 1945. The awarded picture became the design for this rare medal. This dramatic medal combines the innocence of the children’s painting and the cruelty of the Nazi Death Camps.
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