Goblins. Angels. Colorful balls. All common varieties of Christmas tree decorations. Adolf Hitler and swastikas are not as common, thankfully. But during the Second World War, dozens of Christmas ornament variants with Nazi symbols were produced. The museum in Lofoten has obtained a complete set of Christmas baubles from the Second World War. Photo: Lofoten War Memorial Museum – They are rare. They are easily breakable and therefore many have been lost over time, says William Hakvaag, who is behind the Lofoten War Memorial Museum. Despite the fact that they are rare, they are traded on Finn.no. Is it okay to decorate the Christmas tree before Christmas Eve? Don’t want them on the Christmas tree Hakvaag emphasizes that there are hardly many people who want to have the special decoration on the Christmas tree. – The museum has it because it shows how twisted people can be. Among other things, we have a complete SS set with skulls. Lofoten War Memorial Museum Christmas decorations from the Second World War The Lofoten War Memorial Museum has a large collection of Christmas decorations from the Second World War. Swipe to see more photos. Heinrich HimmlerHeinrich Himmler was Reichsführer-SS one of Nazi Germany’s most powerful men and one of the foremost architects of the Holocaust. Source: SNLAdolf HitlerAdolf Hitler was a German Nazi politician and dictator. He was appointed chancellor in 1933 and was head of state in the years 1934–1945. Source: SNLJulepyntLofoten War Memorial Museum has a large collection of Christmas decorations from the Second World War. news has been in contact with the seller, who wants to get rid of three swastikas and a Christmas bauble with a portrait of Adolf Hitler. She does not want to give names, but writes that they are original and produced for Germany in a thin material. – I bought them at a market in Maastricht in the Netherlands. Have been collecting such things for 40 years, he tells news. A Christmas bauble by Adolf Hitler is sold at Finn.no. The seller hardly thinks anyone will want it on the Christmas tree. Photo: Skjermdump / Finn.no The seller emphasizes to news that he has no other wish than for people to learn about the war. – Every now and then I get to a point where I have to clean out the house. Then these balls are a small start. I don’t want anything like that on a Christmas tree. She says the balls are better suited to a museum. – Now I want them out of my room. William Hakvaag has seen photos of the German bullets and says they are most likely original and date from the years before the Second World War broke out. Hitler was not fond of Christianity But why was this Christmas ornament produced? There are several reasons for that, says Hakvaag. – Christianity was hopeless according to Hitler. Jesus and everything else didn’t fit into Germany at that time, he explains and adds: – Then the new age would rather be displayed on the Christmas tree with Hitler, Himmler and other Nazi motifs. Hitler Youth was a German National Socialist youth organization. Young people were also used as subjects. Photo: Lofoten War Memorial Museum The museum manager has read up on Hitler’s relationship with religion and Christianity. He says that Hitler could object to those who worked in his administration visiting churches or religious functions. – If you were at home during Easter, for example, and someone found out that you had been to church, you could be fired. A form of brainwashing Hakvaag explains that there was an enormous apparatus around Adolf Hitler that engaged in propaganda. – It was a huge propaganda machine, and the Christmas decorations were part of this machinery. There were also other things that changed during the war in Germany, for example toys. THE EXPLOSION: This toy is an example of how toys and other objects changed during the war, according to Hakvaag. Photo: Lofoten War Memorial Museum In the museum, Hakvaag has exhibited several different examples of objects that we might now perceive as special. He has tried to exhibit slightly odd things at the museum to show how the war affected society and daily life in Germany in the 1930s and the first half of the 1940s. – The game “the explosion” is one of those examples. Another example is the toy tank. World War II toy tank. Photo: Lofoten War Memorial Museum There is little doubt that it is scary to think about how Europe developed at this time, according to Hakvaag. – It is very scary. And this is a form of brainwashing they engaged in. ALSO READ:
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Christmas baubles with Nazi symbols are sold on Finn.no – rare, says expert – news Nordland
