Colored lithograph depicting a pogrom in a city square

Identifier
irn539335
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2016.184.308
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

overall: Height: 17.250 inches (43.815 cm) | Width: 27.000 inches (68.58 cm)

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 lithograph 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

Small colorful theatrical poster depicting a city square with a statue of the Virgin Mary where Jews are being attacked and slaughtered during a pogrom. The lithograph 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

Color offset lithograph poster of a town square with a fountain with a statue of the Virgin Mary in the center and a large church with three onion domes in the background. The square is filled with soldiers in green uniforms chasing and killing people with long knives. A cafe and wooden buildings line each side of the street.

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Genre

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