We choose Hindenburg! We choose Hitler! Nazi Party poster for the 1932 presidential election: Hitler v. Hindenburg
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 12.625 inches (32.068 cm) | Width: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm)
Creator(s)
- R. Scheffler (Printer)
- Heinz Franke (Publisher)
- Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei (Issuer)
- 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 handbill 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
Nazi Party poster with photographs of 20 men supporting Hitler or Hindenburg in the 1932 presidential election. We choose Hinderburg is written in pseudo-Hebrew font and his supporters are men who brought shame on Germany with the Versailles Treaty, as well as years of social unrest and hyperinflation. The men choosing Hitler are prominent Nazi Party members, including Goering, Goebbels. Rosenberg, and Rohm. Hindenburg, the aging but still popular World War I (1914-1918) Field Marshal, was up for re-election. Hitler ran against him, with the slogan Freedom and Bread. Hindenburg won 49 % of the March vote to Hitler's 30%, short of the needed absolute majority. In the April run-off election, Hitler gained 2 million votes, for a 36% share, but Hindenburg won the presidency with 53% of the vote. The Nazi Party continued its massive surge in popularity in the July Reichstag elections, winning over 37% of the vote, making it the largest political party in Germany. Fearing political chaos or a Communist victory, Hindenburg and his advisors turned to the Nazi Party for support. In January 1933, Hindenburg appointed Hitler as Chancellor. By summer, the Nazi dictatorship was in control of the country. This handbill is one of more than 900 items in the Katz Collection of antisemitic visual materials.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Intaglio print poster in black ink on light brown paper with 20 captioned photographic headshots of adult males separated by large titles in German. Across the top is the title, Wir Wählen Hindenburg, printed in pseudo-Hebrew font. Below this are 2 rows of 5 evenly spaced photographs. Across the center is a title in bold Fraktur font, Wir Wählen Hitler. Below this are 2 rows of 5 evenly spaced photographs. Across the bottom are 2 lines in bold Fraktur font, Schau Dir diese Köpfe an, und Du weißt, wohin Du gehörst! See record 1999.144.1 for another issue of this poster.
People
- Rosenberg, Alfred, 1893-1946--Pictorial works.
- Hindenburg, Paul von, 1847-1934--Posters.
- Goebbels, Joseph, 1897-1945--Posters.
- Goering, Hermann, 1893-1946--Pictorial works.
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Posters.
Corporate Bodies
- Nazi Party
Subjects
- Germany--Politics and government--1918-1933.
- Elections--Germany--20th century--Posters.
- Antisemitism--Germany--20th century--Posters.
- Nazi propaganda--Germany--Posters.
- Germany--Elections--History--20th century--Posters.
Genre
- Posters
- Object
- Political posters.