19th century illustration depicting scenes of Jewish refugees waiting to immigrate
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 14.500 inches (36.83 cm) | Width: 11.000 inches (27.94 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 illustration 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
Newsprint illustration, Judische Emigraten in Brody (Galizien), Jewish emigrants in Brody (Galicia) with 6 detailed, captioned vignettes of Jewish life in Brody, circa 1882, when it was a gateway to the west for thousands of Jews seeking to leave Eastern Europe. By May 1882, there were around 12,000 Jewish refugees in Brody. In 1772, Brody was annexed by the Austro-Hungarian Empire; from 1919-1939, it was part of Poland, and since the end of the war in 1945, it has been part of Ukraine. In 1880, Jews made up 75 percent of the population and it was an intellectual center and a thriving trading hub. As a border town, Brody was a central passageway for Jews escaping pogroms in Russia, intending to immigrate to America or Western Europe. The illustration is one of the more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic artifacts and visual materials.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Engraving in black ink on newsprint with 6 detailed, realistic vignettes of the daily activities of Jewish refugees waiting to immigrate. All are group scenes, and most have a recurring figure of an older, bearded man with a cane in a Haredi shtreimel, a fur hat worn by married Orthodox, usually Hasidic, Jewish men. The scenes are arranged in 2 columns of 3: top left: Auswandererzug [Emigration]; top right : Eine synagogue Heberge [Synagogue as Shelter]; middle left: Im Bethause [In the house of prayer]; middle left: Lebens mittel vertheilung [Food Distribution]; bottom left: Strafsendiscussion [Discussing penalties]; bottom right: Segen zum Abscheite [Goodbye Blessings]
Subjects
- Jewish refugees--Ukraine--19th century--Pictorial works.
- Jews--Ukraine--History--19th century--Pictorial works.
- Emigration and immigration--Ukraine--History--19th century--Pictorial works.
- Jewish way of life--Pictorial works.
- Jews in art--19th century--Pictorial works.
Genre
- Art
- Object