Propaganda postcard with a surprised Jew and a swastika
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 3.625 inches (9.208 cm) | Width: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm)
Creator(s)
- National-Sozialisteische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (Publisher)
- 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 postcard 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.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Postcard with a monochromatic cartoon of a bald man standing on the left, his back to the viewer as he looks up at a Swastika superimposed on the disc of the sun, which is ringed by short rays. He is leaning back, his open hands thrown out to the sides, the motion knocking off his top hat and sending his coattails flying. His face in left profile and he has thick eyebrows, a large, pointed nose, and fleshy lips. There is German text within the image and on the right side, above 4 blank lines. The back is blank.
Genre
- Information Forms
- Object