Ad for a French antisemitic journal with a drawing of lynched Jewish man
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm) | Width: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm)
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 advertising flier 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
Advertisement for the antisemitic journal "L' Action Francaise" with a drawing of a Jewish man hanged from a lamp post. This advertising flier is one of more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic visual materials.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Small, rectangular advertising flier with a graphic image on the left and French text on the right in black ink on light brown paper. The image depicts the head and shoulders of a stereotypical Jewish man with a large, hooked nose suspended from a light post by a rope around his neck, with a sign on his chest, PENDUE [hanged.] The initials F.R are beneath his right shoulder.
Subjects
- Jews--Caricatures and cartoons--France.
- Antisemitism--French periodicals--History--20th century.
- Anti-Jewish propaganda--France--20th century.
- Jews--Persecution--France--20th century--Periodicals.
- France--Politics and government--1870-1940--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Antisemitism--France--20th century.
- Antisemitism in art--France--20th century.
Genre
- Object
- Information Forms