Handbill reporting the words of a cowardly Jewish soldier
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 12.500 inches (31.75 cm) | Width: 18.250 inches (46.355 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 handbill 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
Antisemitic handbill supposedly reporting the words of a cowardly Jew enlisted in the Army and afraid of the coming battle. He is making an appeal to the General in pseudo-Yiddish text. This handbill 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
Subjects
- Anti-Jewish propaganda--Germany--19th century--Posters.
- Antisemitism--Germany--19th century.
- Jewish soldiers--Germany--19th century--Posters.
- Jews--Persecution--Germany--19th century--Posters.
- Jews--Caricatures and cartoons--19th century.
- Antisemitism in art.
- Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Genre
- Posters
- Object