Alex and Boots Kertesz family collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn8220
• English
• 1936-1937
• overall: Height: 51.000 inches (129.54 cm) | Width: 38.375 inches (97.473 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

German antisemitic propaganda poster encouraging Germans to fight against unfair Jewish business practices, by Philipp Rupprecht (Fips). The poster features a Jewish peddler banging his head in frustration when he sees storefront signs saying German businesses will no longer engage in Jewish haggling. The peddler has stereotypically exaggerated features: a long nose, a beard, red eyes, and heavyset. He is portrayed in shadowy, charcoal and black colors to emphasize the antisemitic trope of his untrustworthy nature, and to contrast the lighter colored, purer, Aryan storefront. The Nazis used...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn8221
• English
• 1936-1937
• overall: Height: 38.625 inches (98.108 cm) | Width: 25.375 inches (64.453 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

German antisemitic propaganda poster featuring sales tags encouraging Germans to fight against unfair Jewish business practices, designed by Philipp Rupprecht (Fips). The Nazis used propaganda to push the narrative that Jewish greed was a burden to society. The poster uses the antisemitic trope of the Jewish usurer; a moneylender who charges excessive interest, which originated from the Middle Ages. In many areas of medieval Europe, Jews were barred from many occupations and from owning land. In turn, they had to rely on interest from moneylending to earn income. During this time, the Catho...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn8222
• English
• 1936-1937
• overall: Height: 24.625 inches (62.548 cm) | Width: 37.375 inches (94.933 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

German antisemitic propaganda poster encouraging Germans to fight against unfair Jewish business practices, designed by Hans Schweitzer (Mjőlnir). The poster features an image of an Aryan businessman standing in the doorway of a storefront called “German Business” who has just kicked out a Jewish peddler, symbolizing that German businesses will longer deal with Jews. The peddler is dressed all in black with a stereotypical dark and curly beard, payot, and a hooked nose. He is portrayed with yellow skin, a symbol of cowardice, betrayal, and ill health, to emphasize the antisemitic trope of h...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn8223
• English
• overall: Height: 51.125 inches (129.858 cm) | Width: 38.875 inches (98.743 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

German antisemitic propaganda poster encouraging Germans to fight against unfair Jewish business practices, designed by Philipp Rupprecht (Fips). The poster features a German businessman with a Jewish money lender (that he likely owes money to) on his mind. The Nazis used propaganda to push the narrative that Jewish greed was a burden to society. The image uses the antisemitic trope of the Jewish usurer; a moneylender who charges excessive interest, which originated in the Middle Ages. In many areas of medieval Europe, Jews were barred from many occupations and from owning land. In turn, th...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn8224
• English
• 1936-1937
• overall: Height: 26.250 inches (66.675 cm) | Width: 38.875 inches (98.743 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

German antisemitic propaganda poster encouraging Germans to fight against unfair Jewish business practices, by Philipp Rupprecht (Fips). The poster features two heavyset Jewish businessmen at the entrance of a German store. As one enters, the other one exits, in an apparent attempt to swindle money or goods from the store. The image implies the antisemitic trope of the fraudulent, parasitic, Jewish businessman who worships money, and uses it to push the narrative that Jewish greed was a burden to society and German (Aryan) business. Nazi propaganda was used to win the support of millions of...