Ben Shahn poster collection

Identifier: irn73537
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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The collection was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989.

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Poster created by Ben Shahn for the War Production Board
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn1236
- English
- 1942
- overall: Height: 28.500 inches (72.39 cm) | Width: 40.000 inches (101.6 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
WPB poster
Ben Shahn poster of a hooded man protesting the Nazi destruction of Lidice
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn1237
- English
- 1942
- overall: Height: 38.375 inches (97.473 cm) | Width: 28.625 inches (72.708 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Poster created by Ben Shahn for the US Office of War Information as a response to the Nazi-led annihilation and destruction of communities throughout the Czech Republic, including Lidice. It also protests the retaliatory measures taken for the attempted assassination by Czech resistance members of Reinhard Heydrich, director of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, under the Nazi occupation.
Entartete Kunst EntarteteKunst Ausstellungsfuhrer Catalog
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn521926
- English
- 1937
- Updated 7 months ago
Original catalog of Nazi exhibition.

Ben Shahn poster collection

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Poster created by Ben Shahn for the War Production Board

Ben Shahn poster of a hooded man protesting the Nazi destruction of Lidice

Entartete Kunst EntarteteKunst Ausstellungsfuhrer Catalog