Small poster made to discourage US troops from socializing with Germans received by a soldier
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 10.375 inches (26.353 cm) | Width: 13.000 inches (33.02 cm)
Creator(s)
- United States Army, 11th Armored Division Headquarters, Information and Education Office (Producer)
- Donald Schaufelberger (Subject)
Archival History
The handbill was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993 by Donald Schaufelberger.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Donald Schaufelberger
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
Handbill received by Sergeant Donald Schaufelberger while serving in the US Army in Germany in May 1945. Issued by the US Army, the handbill uses an image of piled rows of concentration camp corpses discovered at Mauthausen concentration camp to remind soldiers not to fraternize with German civilians.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Small paper handbill of a black and white, half tone reproduction photograph image of a row of 3, large stacks of emaciated, naked corpses in front of a large wooden building. A line of male bystanders, most in civilian clothes, and a one in concentration camp uniform trousers, are looking at the bodies. There is white printed text at the top and bottom.
back, black ink: 11th Armored Division, US Third Army. Sgt. Donald Schaufelberger
Corporate Bodies
- Mauthausen (Concentration camp)
- United States. Army. Armored Division, 11th
Subjects
- Soldiers--United States--Biography.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front--Biography.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation--Personal narratives.
Genre
- Posters
- Object