Polish Raftsman on the Vistula River Illustration depicting Jewish travelers on a log raft
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 14.500 inches (36.83 cm) | Width: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm)
Creator(s)
- Peter Ehrenthal (Compiler)
- Hermann Schonlein (Publisher)
- Franz Kollarz (Artist)
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 print 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
This print 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
Double sided illustration removed from a periodical. On one side, there is a black ink print on paper depicting Jews with stereotypically thick eyebrows and hooded eyes traveling along a river on a log raft. At the back, a man wearing a brimmed cap stands at the rudder in left profile facing a bearded man with sidelocks wearing a yarmulke and gesturing as he speaks. Behind them, on a raised platform, a barefoot boy plays with a dog while a seated man plays the accordion. He looks over his shoulder at 2 aproned women and an old, bearded man wearing a yarmulke in front of a small, slant-roofed hut. Peering around it, pushing the raft, is a young man holding a pole. In the background, there are several buildings along the river bank. The title is printed below the image and publication information is printed above. On the back, 3 columns of German text recounting a story about doctors, stolen identity, and inheritance are printed in Fraktur font beneath the publication information.
Genre
- Art
- Object