Julleuchter or Turmleuchter are modern terms used to describe a type of earthenware candle-holder originating in 16th-century Sweden, later redesigned and manufactured in Nazi Germany.
Two Turmleuchter type ceramic candle-holders—the right one replicates the design of the SS Julleuchter, itself based on an early modern candle-holder from southern Sweden.
Christmas in Nazi Germany
The celebration of Christmas in Nazi Germany included attempts by the regime to bring the Christian religious holiday into line with Nazi ideology. The Jewish origins of Jesus and the commemoration of his birth as the Jewish Messiah was troubling for some members of the Nazi Party and their racialist beliefs. Between 1933 and 1945, some government officials attempted to remove these aspects of Christmas from civil celebrations and concentrate on cultural pre-Christian aspects of the festival. However, church and private celebrations remained Christian in nature.
Christmas presents for the poor in 1935
German Volkssturm soldiers in Christmas 1944, East Prussia