Picture postcard of a leering Jewish dwarf
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm)
Creator(s)
- Elias Bäck (Artist)
- 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 postcard with a reproduction in black ink of an engraving of a caricatured Jewish dwarf with ugly, exaggerated features. He has hooded eyes, a large nose, and thick lips and wears a kippah and long robe. He looks over his left shoulder and smiles unpleasantly. 2 dwarfs are in the far background. There is German text at the top and bottom. The back has German, Dutch, and French text.
Genre
- Object
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