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    Title

  • Kyffhäuserbund pin owned by Harry M. Harter

  • Physical Description

    1 stickpin : metal, enamel ; 2.25" x 0.25" ; 5.5 cm x 1.3 cm

  • Date

    1917-1933

  • Notes

    This and all military medals from Harry M. Harter and the Hirschberg or Goldmann family collection were stored in the same box (2023.78).

  • Summary

    Enamel pin for a member of the WWI veteran organization Kyffhäuserbund. The pin is in the shape of a heraldic shield depicting a black tower (the Kyffhäuser Monument) over a black, white, and red motif, on a white background. Marked "Ges. Gesch." on the reverse.

  • Genre

    Military decorations

  • Medium

    Stickpins; Medals; Objects; Accessories

  • Part Of

    Hirschberg Goldmann Family Collection,, AR 25047

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

The Kyffhäuserbund is an umbrella organization for war veterans' and reservists' associations in Germany. It's name comes from the Kyffhäuser Monument, a memorial built on the summit of the Kyffhäuser mountain near Bad Frankenhausen. The organization was founded around 1900, though it developed Nazi associations after 1933. It still exists as a veterans association today.

Harry M. Harter (previous name: Harry Hirschberg), a neuro-psychiatrist, was born in Breslau on July 6, 1899. His father died when he was 6 years old, his mother died in 1930. From 1917 to 1918 he served in World War I. After receiving his medical degree from the University of Breslau in 1924, he opened a successful psychological practice in Breslau and also worked for various hospitals. He married Leonore Goldmann from Hindenburg (i.e. Zabrze) in 1928. Their son Dieter (later Donald Harter) was born in 1933, their daughter Daisy in 1938. In 1938 Harry M. Harter and his father-in-law visited the United States. His father-in-law went back to Germany, Harry M. Harter went to Cuba. His wife and his children joined him in Cuba in February 1939. They emigrated to the United States in August 1940. Leonore Goldmann's parents Siegfried and Kaethe Goldmann perished during the Holocaust. Harry M. Harter earned his medical U.S. license in 1946. He worked as a neuro-psychiatrist at various hospitals in New York State and the City of New York. He was a member of the student fraternity A.W.V (Akademisch-Wissenschaftlicher Verein) Breslau. He was also an active member of the zionist Mizrachi movement. He died on September 21, 1957.

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Citation

Kyffhäuserbund pin owned by Harry M. Harter, Leo Baeck Institute, 2023.91.