Cover of a newsweekly satirizing a Jewish man as Lord of the Earth
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 14.875 inches (37.783 cm) | Width: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm)
Creator(s)
- Der Rohrspatz (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 journal cover 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
Front page of Der Rohrspatz, a satirical Viennese newsweekly that ceased publication in its first year, 1933. The cover has a caricature of a Jewish man as Der Herr der Erde, Lord of the Earth. Der Rohrspatz is a a type of sparrow known for the contrast between its small size and the loud noise it makes, whether singing or scolding other creatures. This journal cover 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
Front page torn from a newsweekly with a caricature of a pompous looking Jewish businessman with curly tufts of hair above large ears, thick eyebrows, a huge curved nose, mustache, and thick fleshy lips. The word ALLIANCE is drawn along the curve of his bald head. Above the image is the headline, Der Herr der Erde; with ISRAELITE below. At the bottom are lines of men and women with bowed heads. On each side is a column of boxes with titles, presumably of Jewish controlled businesses: agriculture [Ackerbau Viehzucht Korndljud Vienkommissioner], pornographic literature, animal protection [Tierschutz Scahchten], money management [Geldwirtschaft], etc. The back, with the page number 2, has a poem and an illustrated article in 3 columns, Der Lautsprecher by J.H.R. The bottom and right edges are unevenly torn and it is discolored and creased.
Subjects
- Antisemitism--Austria--20th century--Periodicals.
- Caricatures and cartoons--Austrian periodicals.
- Stereotypes (Social psychology) in art.
- Jews--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Antisemitism--Pictorial works.
- Jews--Austria--Caricatures and cartoons.
Genre
- Art
- Object