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Flag "Volkschor Northeim"
Lost Art-ID
599873
Artist / Creator
Title
Flag "Volkschor Northeim"
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Fabric ; Wood ; Metal
Height
96.00 cm
Width
65.00 cm
Description
Long rectangular banner made of wool or rayon fabric (plain weave).
Front: Left side green fabric, right side in red fabric. The words: "Volks-Chor Northeim 1930" are machine-embroidered in three lines (in yellow cotton thread, satin stitch). In the centre the emblem of the German Workers' Singers' Association in black, red and yellow: at the bottom the letters DAS, above the yellow silhouette of smoking factory chimneys against a red background; the sun above it designed as a note. The banner is tapered at the bottom, the edge has gold-coloured fringes.
Back: in three vertical panels (black, red, gold). In the middle field embroidered in four lines in Fraktur (yellow): "Sind wir von der Arbeit müde, Ist noch Kraft zu einem Liede" (When we are tired of work, there is still strength for a song).
The banner is hung horizontally on a wooden pole with brass buttons at the ends. Two decorative tassels are attached to the suspension, the lower edge of the banner is trimmed with gold-coloured metal fringes.
Provenance
The provenance of the flag is unclear. The Volkschor Northeim was the workers' choral society in Northeim. Founded as a craftsmen's choral society in 1905, the politically left-wing workers gained the upper hand in the society in the 1920s. In the early 1930s, the choir often sang at local SPD events. In April 1933 the Volkschor attempted a ""complete reorientation"" and left the Deutscher Arbeitersängerbund. However, the NSDAP also demanded the resignation of the choir's leadership and board, which the association refused. It then dissolved itself on 23.4.1933 (William Sheridan Allen. "Das haben wir nicht gewollt!". Die nationalsozialistische Machtergreifung in einer Kleinstadt 1930-1935. Güterlsoh 1966, S. 229-230)
The association must have been re-founded after the war. In the summer of 1946 it gave two concerts in the 1910 Hall in Northeim.
Literature / Source
C. Riemenschneider, „Provenienzforschung in vier südniedersächsischen Museen“, Ein @Erst-Check auf unrechtmäßig entzogene Kulturgüter, Bd. Teil 2. Mecke Druck und Verlag, Duderstadt, 2018.
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Contact
Heimatmuseum Northeim
Am Münster 32/33
37154 Northeim
Germany
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