Leipziger Taschenbuch für Frauenzimmer Book
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 book was 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
Small illustrated book of stories for Ladies by an anonymous author. This book 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
Book ; gilt embossed decorations on green paper cover ; 292 p. ; 1-16 p. book vendor advt. ; unpaginated illustrations (plates at front: 14 cm. (5 x 3.5 in.) ; undated. Gilt on front cover: A L'Amitié ; Title page: Taschenbuch für Frauenzimmer edlerer Bildung. Mit Aupsern. Leipzig, in der Commerschen Buchhandlung. Notes: Author anonymous (Originally published anonymously. Possibly bassi for the editions credited to Friedrich Ehrenberg 1776-1852, Leipziger Taschenbuch fu?r Frauenzimmer. Pencilled markings
Subjects
- Antisemitism--History--Germany--18th century.
- Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature.
- German literature--18th century.
- German fiction.
Genre
- Object
- Books and Published Materials