Inscribed postcard of 2 Jewish men in an office
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm)
Creator(s)
- Peter Ehrenthal (Compiler)
- Donald McGill (Artist)
- Inter-Art Co. (Publisher)
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
Postcard with a color illustration of 2 men with stereotypical Jewish features. The man on the left has beady eyes and a large nose. He looks down at the other man who sits in a chair by a desk. He is fat and has black curly hair, hooded eyes, and a large nose. He holds a bill and appears dispirited. A door marked MOSES & CO PRIVATE is behind him. English text is at the bottom. The back has a postmark, note, address, and red 1 penny British postage stamp with an image of King George V.
back, top right, postmark, stamped, black ink : [?] / [?] / 11 [?] / [?] / YORKS back, left, black ink : Dear Nellie / All being well me / and Lilly will be com / ing, to Ferrybridge on / Friday night [all?] if the / weather is fine and / not to rough / Yours / Sincerely / Bert back, right, black ink : Mis N Briggs / Byram Hall / Ferrybridge
Genre
- Object
- Information Forms