Antisemitic graffiti on Jewish shops
Creator(s)
- Lafayette P. Monson (Camera Operator)
- Österreichisches Filmmuseum
Biographical History
Dr. Lafayette P. Monson (1902-1968) traveled on the Normandie ship from New York and arrived in Southampton, England on July 4, 1938. He departed on the Pan American Airways Phillippine Clipper from Manila, Phillippines on October 8, 1938 and arrived at Alameda airport in California on October 20, 1938. His wife, Margaret, died of pneumonia, on December 26, 1937. They had two children, Elizabeth and Joanne. Monson was born in Preston, Idaho and lived in Salt Lake City, Utah and Carson City, Nevada prior to living in California. He was a Mormon. In March 1939, Dr. Monson gave a "travel talk" at the Athletic Club in Oakland, CA titled, "India, Siam, and the Holy Land" with his color motion pictures.
Scope and Content
Building sign for a university health clinic. Pedestrians walk past the opera house with an antisemitic sign "Judentum ist Verbrechertum, Stuermer Sondernummer" ["To be Jewish is to be criminal. Read the special edition of Der Stuermer."] with a caricature of Jewish man. More graffiti on Jewish-owned shops as pedestrians walk by, including a red-painted "Jude" with X's, stars of David, and profile caricatures.
Note(s)
A 35mm color dupe negative (blowup of Vienna sections) was made at JEA in 1998. Original file number PA-2170. Tech Specs: ProRes 422 HQ file is a 2K scan - 1828x1332 at 24fps
Dr. Lafayette P. Monson traveled on the Normandie ship from New York and arrived in Southampton, England on July 4, 1938. He departed on the Pan American Airways Phillippine Clipper from Manila, Phillippines on October 8, 1938 and arrived at Alameda airport in California on October 20, 1938.
This film is featured in the Ephemeral Films Project: National Socialism in Austria. Watch the historic film through an innovative film player showing contemporary images, geographical mapping, and shot-level analysis here: http://efilms.ushmm.org/film_player?movieID=57&movieSig=EF-NS_057_OeFM&movieSpeed=18
Subjects
- CROWDS
- CARICATURES
- ANTISEMITISM
- BUSINESSES
- JEWS
- GRAFFITI
- STREETCARS
- PROPAGANDA (ANTI-JEWISH)
- SWASTIKAS
- SHOPS
Places
- Vienna, Austria
Genre
- Amateur.
- Film