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 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
Early 19th century German collection of amusing stories and anecdotes about Jews published under the pseudonym Julius Hilarius. 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 ; marble paper cover ; 116 p. (Part 1) ; 125 p. (Part 2) ; leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 13 cm (4.875 x 4.250 in.) Note: hand colored copper engravings tipped in ; Title page: Neue Folge frischer Judenkirschen : eine Sammlung belustigender Anekdoten, Einfa?lle Schwa?nke und Schnurren von Juden und Judengenossen. Herausgegben von Julius Hilarius. / Dritte und vierte Lese, mit 12 illuminirten Ausfern. Neue Ausgrabe, Leipzig, 1835, Better und Rostostn. Notes: tipped in, end of Part 1: 2 foldout pages of music and lyrics Walzer mit Gesang zu Schmuels Chassene fu das Pianoforte, von Julius Hilarius, Pencilled markings
Subjects
- Jewish wit and humor.
- Jews--Humor.
- Antisemitism--Germany--19th century.
- Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature.
- Jews--Anecdotes.
Genre
- Books and Published Materials
- Object