Handbill
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 2.870 inches (7.29 cm) | Width: 6.120 inches (15.545 cm)
Archival History
The handbill was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000 by Jean Fox Schwieger.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jean Fox Schwieger
Scope and Content
Anti-Jewish propaganda printed between the cover of false American dollar bill.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Facsimile of an American one dollar silver certificate; face of bill is front cover of pamphlet; forged signature of Henry Morgenthau Jr. appears above title "Secretary of Treasury," verso of bill is back cover. Text of pamphlet is printed in French inside the covers: left: "Le Ministre du Tresor des Etas-Unis est le Juif MORGENTHAU junior, apparente aux grands requins de la Finance internationale. Tous les attributs juifs figurent sur ce dollar: L'Aigle d'Israel; -Le Triangle-; L'Oeil de Jehovah; 13; lettres de la Devise; etoiles de l'Aureole; fleches; rameauz d'olivier; marches de la Pyramide inachevee; Cet Argent est bien Juif!" (The Minister of Finance of the United States is the Jew Morgenthau Jr., related to the great sharks of international finance. All of the Jewish attributes figure on this dollar. The Israel Eagle; The Triangle; The Jehovah's eye; 13; the letter of slogan; the stars of success; arrows; olive branches; the steps of the unfinished Pyramids.); center: A yellow Star of David with printed message appearing at center, "Ce dollar ne veut que s'il est signe MORGENTHAU." (This dollar is worth nothing if it is signed Morgenthau.); right: "Ce dollar a paye la guerre Juive; Seul message que les Anglo-Americains sont en etat de nous adresser, suffira-t-il a nous dedommager des malheurs que nour vaut - La Guerre Juive? L'Argent n'a pas d'odeur... Maus le Juif en a une!" (This dollar has paid for the Jewish War; The only message that the Anglo-Americans are constantly addressing to us, will it be enough to indemnify us for the misfortune of the Jewish War? The money has no smell... but the Jew has one!)
Genre
- Object
- Posters