Discovery of hidden end-of-war Nazi artifacts in Eckesey District of the City of Hagen, Germany

[Rusty Greaves]

A news story in Artnet News has several photographs of some of the artifacts discovered by a local history teacher doing home repair work following recent flood damage in a home in the city of Hagen. This story has been reported by several German and English language news services, but this article provides a few good images of some of the items, apparently associated with the home's use as the headquarters of the Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/history-teacher-discovers-hidden-nazi-artifacts-1999220?utm_content=from_&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=US News Morning 8/17/21&utm_term=US Daily Newsletter [MORNING]. I'm including some of the photos from this article below. The descriptions of each image are quoted directly from this Artnet News article, and credited to the Stadtarchiv Hagen. I hope this is an appropriate section to post this, and that the information is not too amateurish. I am not knowledgable about this area, but interested in such finds as an historical archaeology discovery. 

 

 

A local history teacher has discovered a secret cache of items belonging to the local office of the Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt, or NSV, a Nazi welfare agency, hidden behind a wall in his aunt's house. Photo courtesy of the Stadtarchiv Hagen.

 

 

A gas mask belonging to the local office of the Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt, or NSV, a Nazi welfare agency. Photo courtesy of the Stadtarchiv Hagen.

 

 

A revolver belonging to the local office of the Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt, or NSV, a Nazi welfare agency. Photo courtesy of the Stadtarchiv Hagen.

 

 

A medal belonging to the local office of the Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt, or NSV, a Nazi welfare agency. Photo courtesy of the Stadtarchiv Hagen.

 

 

Brass knuckles belonging to the local office of the Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt, or NSV, a Nazi welfare agency. Photo courtesy of the Stadtarchiv Hagen.

 

 

A medal belonging to the local office of the Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt, or NSV, a Nazi welfare agency. Photo courtesy of the Stadtarchiv Hagen.

 

 

An SA whistle belonging to the local office of the Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt, or NSV, a Nazi welfare agency. Photo courtesy of the Stadtarchiv Hagen.

 

 

Edited August 17, 2021 by Rusty Greaves

[Scowen]

An interesting article, thank you for posting it.  I'm sure that there are still many items hidden away that have been forgotten.  I recently heard of a school that was doing renovations that found flags & other HJ/Studentbund items hidden for all these years.

 

For info.  The gold disc listed as "A medal belonging to the local office of the Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt" is actually a belt buckle.

 

Cheers

Don

[BalkanCollector]

Very interesting article, thank you for sharing!

[GreyC]

17 hours ago, Scowen said:

The gold disc listed as "A medal belonging to the local office of the Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt" is actually a belt buckle.

and the other item refered to as "medal" is a pin given out on the occasion of the jubilee-meeting celebrating 10 years of Gau Westfalen Süd in 1938.

[The Prussian]

Hello!

Here is a link of photos of that "event" from several german newspapers:

https://www.google.com/search?q=Nazi+Hagen+Flut&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwj50_-AvL7yAhXHuKQKHZn6CGkQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=Nazi+Hagen+Flut&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQA1CruQVYicEFYPzBBWgAcAB4AIABSIgBzAKSAQE1mAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWfAAQE&sclient=img&ei=BQgfYbm9BsfxkgWZ9aPIBg&bih=869&biw=1680&client=firefox-b-d

Edited August 20, 2021 by The Prussian