Lot 341
Teaspoon with Nazi Swastika and Inscription "We Shall Never Forget" – Cyprus Detention Camps, 1947
Metal teaspoon, made in Germany, with Nazi swastika [1930s]; later inscription from Cyprus
detention camps.
Following the war, the teaspoon was taken out of Europe by a Holocaust survivor who ended up in a detention camp in Cyprus on his way to Palestine. While in Cyprus, he added the Hebrew inscription "We shall never forget, Cyprus 1947" on the front of the teaspoon handle.
On the back of the spoon, a seal of approval of the "Office of Beauty of Labor" – a swastika and the initials "M.DA Sch.d.A.", which stand for "Modell des Amtes Schönheit der Arbeit," ("Model of the Office of Beauty of Labor"). The Office of Beauty of Labor looked after the health, occupational hygiene, and material comfort of German workers, operating under the auspices of the DAF ("Deutsche Arbeitsfront"), the workers' union of the Nazi Party.
Length: 14 cm. Good condition.
