Illustrated postcard of a policeman arresting 2 Jewish vagrants
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 7.250 inches (18.415 cm) | Width: 8.625 inches (21.908 cm)
pictorial area: Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 4.875 inches (12.383 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 postcard 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
Picture postcard of two Jewish beggars being arrested done in the style of J. Gehrts. This postcard 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
Postcard reproduction of an ink illustration of a policeman grabbing the collars of 2 men wearing patched clothing and crumpled top hats. It is adhered to brown paper covered cardboard with an offwhite, gold border paper mat, now torn, with German text. It is in a shiny, black painted, pressed cardboard frame with scalloped edges.
Subjects
- Jews--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Antisemitism in art.
- Jews in art.
Genre
- Object
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