The newest Jew-baiting The chosen people Caricature of Bismarck and Hilton kicking a Jewish peddler
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 13.250 inches (33.655 cm) | Width: 19.875 inches (50.483 cm)
Creator(s)
- Joseph Keppler (Artist)
- 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 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
Centerfold cartoon, Die Neuste Judenhetze [The newest Jew-baiting] from Puck Magazine. It depicts a Jewish peddler thumbing his nose at caricatures of Bismarck, the German Chancellor, Hilton, and Corbin who are chasing him and trying to kick him in the pants, or really, out of the neighborhood. The drawing by Joseph Keppler was done for Puck, America's first humor magazine, published in New York in both English and German language versions. 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
Color lithograph. On the back are 2 illustrated advertisments, one for Der erste schnee (the first snow). It was published as a centerfold in Puck Magazine and is unevenly cut on the edges and has a center fold with staple holes. Notes: Color lithograph by Mayer, Merkel and Ottmann Illus. in: Puck, 1880 Dec. 8, pp. 226-227.
People
- Bismarck, Otto, Furst von 1815-1898--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894.
Subjects
- Jews--Caricatures and cartoons--19th century.
- Jews in art--United States--19th century.
- Jewish peddlers--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Stereotypes (Social psychology) in art.
- Antisemitism in art--United States--19th century.
Genre
- Object
- Art