Lustige Blätter (Berlin, Germany) [Magazine]

Identifier
irn538947
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2016.184.274.4
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

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 magazine 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

Issue of Lustige Blätter, a weekly German humor magazine. This issue has a drawing by Nyary of a Jewish headed polyp crushing with its tentacles a Soviet soldier, Uncle Sam, John Bull, and a Chinese peasant, captioned: Der Polyp. The magazine began publication in 1885, but adapted its humor for changing public tastes. During the Nazi era, it frequently featured antisemitic cartoons, and illustrations making fun of enemies of Germany, such as Churchill and Roosevelt. The magazine is one of 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

Journal/Periodical; 8 issues, Katz Ehrenthal collection v. : illustrated, color ; 32 cm. [11.750 x 8.875 in.] Began in 1885 - ceased 1944.

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