Karikaturen aller Völker über die Dreyfus-Affaire Portfolio
Creator(s)
- Verlag von Dr. Eysler & Co. (G. m. b. H.) (Publisher)
- Druck von H.S. Hermann (Printer)
- 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 book 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
Dreyfus-Bilderbuch, an anti-Dreyfus picture book with 132 caricatures of Dreyfus, Zola, and others involved in the scandal. The Dreyfus Affair was a national scandal revolving around antisemitism that inflamed late 19th century France. Captain Alfred Dreyfus was found guilty of treason in 1894 for selling military secrets. Antisemitic publications used Dreyfus as a symbol of the disloyalty of all French Jews. Zola wrote a letter to protest the verdict, "J'Accuse," in which he accused the Army of covering up its unjust conviction of Dreyfus. Zola was charged with libel and the Dreyfus Affair grew into a national political crisis. An Army officer was found to have forged the document proving Dreyfus's guilt. But in a second trial, the Army again convicted Dreyfus. The verdict was met with international outrage. Dreyfus was offered a pardon by the president to end the crisis. The book 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
Book; original pale yellow paper cover with color illustration of Alfred Dreyfus; 126 p., ill. ; 20 cm. [7.5 x 5.5 inches] ; 2nd edition. Cover title: II Ausflage. 11.-20. Tausend. Dreyfus-Bilderbuch. Karikaturen aller volker uber die Dreyfus - Affaire / Berlin 1899. Doc case 1erlag von Dr. Eysler & Co. (G. m. b. H.) ; Title page: Dreyfus-Bilderbuch. Karikaturen aller volker uber die Dreyfus-Affaire, mit 132 Karikaturen nach Beer, Bosconte, Braakensiek, G. Brandet, Caran D'Ache,... Forain, F. Gehrke, Graetze... und anderen. ; Berlin 1899, Verlag von Dr. Eysler & Co. (G. m. b. H.) References: Desachy, P. Bibliographie de l'affaire Dreyfus, 225
People
- Zola, Emile, 1840-1902--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subjects
- Anti-Jewish propaganda--France--19th century.
- Trials (Treason)--Political aspects--France--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Antisemitism in art--France--19th century.
- Jews--Caricatures and cartoons--France.
- Antisemitism--France--History--19th century--Caricatures and cartoons.
- France--Politics and government--1870-1940.
Genre
- Books and Published Materials
- Object