This Swine Buys from the Jew Flier of a pig captioned: This Pig Buys from a Jew
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Width: 5.375 inches (13.653 cm)
Creator(s)
- Peter Ehrenthal (Compiler)
Biographical History
The Katz Ehrenthal Collection is a collection of more than 900 objects depicting Jews and antisemitic and anti-Jewish propaganda from the medieval to the modern era, in Europe, Russia, and the United States. The collection was amassed by Peter Ehrenthal, a Romanian Holocaust survivor, to document the pervasive history of anti-Jewish hatred in Western art, politics and popular culture. It includes crude folk art as well as pieces created by Europe's finest craftsmen, prints and periodical illustrations, posters, paintings, decorative art, and toys and everyday household items decorated with depictions of stereotypical Jewish figures.
Archival History
The flier was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by the Katz Family.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Katz Family
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Scope and Content
The flier is one of the more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic artifacts and visual materials.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Flier printed in black ink on brown paper of a large black and white pig standing in left profile on 4 short legs with small hooves. It has a small head, short snout, pointed ears, a big, thick, pot-bellied body with thick hair sticking up along its back, and a short, kinked tail with a bristled end. The dark areas are heavily crosshatched and there are short, horizontal lines beneath the pig. Polish text is stamped across the top in blue ink. The paper is worn and creased along fold lines. The bottom left corner is missing. There are pencil markings on the back.
back, top, handwritten, pencil : ΔΨ
Subjects
- Antisemitism in art.
- Antisemitism--Poland--History--19th century--Pictorial works.
- Anti-Jewish propaganda--History--Poland--19th century--Pictorail works.
Genre
- Information Forms
- Object