Die Grosse Negertrommel der kolonialen Werbun Die Deutsche Afrika-Schau 1935-1943

Identifier
irn501457
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1996.A.0370
Dates
1 Jan 1935 - 31 Dec 1943
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn501457

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Elisa Forgey

Scope and Content

Consists of an article entitled "Die Grosse Negertrommel der kolonialen Werbung: Die Deutsche Afrika-Schau 1935-1943" [The Big Negro Drum of Promoting Colonialism: the German Afrika-Show], by Elisa Forgey, which was originally published in Werkstatt Geschichte in 1994. The article describes the ways in which black performers were humiliated and abused during the Nazi era.

Subjects

  • Blacks--Nazi persecution--Africa.

Genre

  • Document
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