Exhibition: The Jew and France Announcement for an anti-Jewish museum exhibition in Vichy France
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 48.750 inches (123.825 cm) | Width: 34.125 inches (86.678 cm)
Creator(s)
- Rene Peron (Artist)
Archival History
The poster was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009 by Gary and Nina Wexler.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Gary and Nina Wexler
Scope and Content
Poster advertising The Jew and France exhibition opening at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in 1941 in Nancy, France, sponsored by the Vichy government, with funding provided by the German embassy. The event was organized by the German embassy through the Institute for the Study of the Jewish Question, in order to educate the French public on how to recognize a Jew from physical traits. It also had exhibits on topics such as Jewish perversions in the movies, the threat of Jewish influence throughout Europe, and Jewish caricatures.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Rectangular, photolithographic, paper poster on linen backing depicting a stereotypical Jewish man, with a long beard, hooked nose, fat lips, and a hooded robe, grasping a globe with clawlike fingers. The man and globe are rendered in black and white on a blue background; a blue Star of David hovers over France. Below is orange text in French providing exhibition information.
back on canvas, pencil, in circle : 27748 u8 A 28088 / Péron / Le Juif et la France 105
Subjects
- Nazi propaganda--Posters.
- Antisemitism--France--History--20th century--Pictorial works.
- Propaganda--Germany--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda--Pictorial works.
- France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945--Posters.
- Antisemitism in art.
Genre
- Posters
- Object