Graphic (London, England) [Magazine]
Creator(s)
- Peter Ehrenthal (Compiler)
- Graphic : an illustrated weekly newspaper (Publisher)
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
Special issue of Graphic, an illustrated periodical published in London in 1899, dedicated to "The Martyrdom of Alfred Dreyfus: A Historical Summary of the Whole Case." The Dreyfus Affair was an antisemitic French political scandal that inflamed public opinion worldwide in the late 19th century. Alfred Dreyfus was an army captain found guilty of treason in 1894 for selling military secrets. Antisemitic publications used Dreyfus as a symbol of the disloyalty of all French Jews. Emile Zola wrote a letter to protest the verdict, titled "J'Accuse," in which he accused the French 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 intelligence officer was found to have forged the document proving Dreyfus's guilt. But in a second trial, despite the confession of the traitor, the Army again convicted Dreyfus. He was sentenced to prison for another ten years. The verdict was met with outrage around the world. Dreyfus was offered a pardon by the president to end the crisis, which he accepted September 19. The magazine 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
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Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Journal/Periodical ; front cover: September 14, 1899 ; Special number of the Graphic ; The Martyrdom of Alfred Dreyfus: A Historical Summary of the Whole Case ; 48 pages illustrated ; 40 cm. (15.250 x 11.750 inches) Weekly : Vol. 1, no. 1 (Dec. 4, 1869)- ; Ceased with vol. 135, no. 3254 in 1932.
People
- Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935--Foreign public opinion.
- Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935--Pictorial works.
Subjects
- Press and propaganda--Great Britain--Sources.
- Jews--Persecutions--France--19th century.
- London (England)--Newspapers.
- Antisemitism.
- France--Politics and government--1870-1940.
- English periodicals--19th century.
Genre
- Books and Published Materials
- Object