Postcard of a fat, prosperous Jewish couple on a waterside cliff
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 5.500 inches (13.97 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
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
Unused color cartoon postcard of a couple relaxing on a cliff overlooking water on the left. The man stands in the middle and the woman sits on a ridge to his right. Both are fat and have black hair and aquiline noses. He smokes a cigar and wears a boater, tailcoat, red waistcoat, and trousers. She holds a red parasol and wears a hat with flowers and a blue dress. Behind them is a yellow/blue sky with 3 flying birds on the left and a guard rail on the right. The back has English text, a vertical center line separating address and message sections, and a rectangle outline in the upper right.
Genre
- Object
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