Humorous Hitler postcard

Identifier
irn519124
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2007.401
Dates
1 Jan 1943 - 31 Dec 1943
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn519124

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Pavel Ilyin donated this postcard to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on June 7, 2007. He is a geography consultant for the Survivor's Registry.

Scope and Content

Consists of one postcard depiciting a cartoon Hitler painting an outhouse with a copy of "Mein Kampf" hanging inside the doorframe. The postcard is entitled "The House Painter." The postcard was sent from Pvt. F. Coleman at Fort Sill, OK, on May 24, 1943, to Mr. Francis Gowen in Concord, NH. In the postcard, Pvt. Coleman writes that he hopes that the picture on the postcard were true.

Genre

  • Postcards.
  • Document
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