Dutch Dachau World War II tile

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dc.contributor.other Van Gybland Oosterhoff, H.H.A.
dc.date.accessioned 2016-07-07T08:57:32Z
dc.date.available 2016-07-07T08:57:32Z
dc.date.created 1945
dc.date.issued 2010
dc.description This square white tin-glazed tile is hand-painted with a townscape with two Avro Lancaster bombers in the sky and a inscription below “Thanks Eisenhower! – 29 April 1945”. On 29 April 1945 the Allied forces moving towards Munich liberated the Dachau concentration camp. The town on the tile can be identified as Dachau and the inscription thanks the American general Eisenhower for the liberation. en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorship Ceramic 101 en_ZA
dc.format.extent 150 mm x 150 mm en_ZA
dc.format.medium Tin-glazed earthenware en_ZA
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/54171
dc.publisher Department of the University of Pretoria Art en_ZA
dc.relation.ispartofseries UP-Art : paintings, drawings and sculptures en_ZA
dc.relation.ispartofseries D707734 en_ZA
dc.rights Copyright of the electronic version, University of Pretoria. en_ZA
dc.subject Tin-glazed tile en_ZA
dc.subject Dutch “Thanks to Eisenhower” ceramic tile en_ZA
dc.title Dutch Dachau World War II tile en_ZA
dc.type Image en_ZA


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