Lustige Blätter (Berlin, Germany) [Magazine]
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 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.
Subjects
- Antisemitism in art--Pictorial works.
- Anti-Jewish propaganda--Germany--20th century--Periodicals.
- World War, 1939-1945--Antisemitism--Periodicals.
- Jews--Caricatures and cartoons--20th century.
- Antisemitism--Germany--Sources.
- German wit and humor--Periodicals.
Genre
- Books and Published Materials
- Object