Advertisement from Topf & Sons

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Object ID

2016.1.57

Object Name

Advertisement

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Description

Front: Blue printed German text with Topf logo in top left; Back: More printed text with Topf logo at bottom.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Topf & Sons designed, built and perfected the crematoria at the Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Belzec, Dachau, Mauthausen and Gusen camps. The leaflet lists their slogan (“Performance decides”) and various product lines: smokestacks, furnaces, etc. Verso is a company description. Topf speaks glowingly about their new leadership and spirit since 1933, the Third Reich’s first year.

Dimensions

11 5/8 x 8 1/4"

Keywords

Topf and Sons, crematoria, Auschwitz

Subcollection

Concentration

Recommended Citation

"Advertisement from Topf & Sons" (2016). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2016.1.57.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1318

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This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark.