Six postcards ridiculing Jews as foolish, unlucky figures
Extent and Medium
a: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm)
b: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm)
c: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm)
d: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm)
e: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm)
f: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 5.000 inches (12.7 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 postcards were 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
Series of six postcards featuring Jewish person(s) in a humiliating or foolish scene, with a derogatory title, most including an reference to an animal. The scenes are reproductions of paintings by J. Gehrts and were produced in late 19th century Berlin. These postcards are 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
a. Happy Lions b. A Proposal c. Howling Wolfs d. Chasing the Wolf e. The Deer is attacked f. The Wolfs have an accident
Subjects
- Jews--Caricatures and cartoons--19th century.
- Antisemitism--Germany--19thcentury--Pictorial works.
- Antisemitism in art--Germany--Specimens.
- Jews in art--19th century--Specimens.
- Stereotypes (Social psychology) in art.
Genre
- Object
- Information Forms