Anti-Nazi drawing published in the PM newspaper Security
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 20.000 inches (50.8 cm) | Width: 14.020 inches (35.611 cm)
Creator(s)
- William Sharp (Artist)
Biographical History
Leon Schleifer was born in 1900 in Germany. He served in the German army at the end of World War I (1914-1918). He became a political cartoonist and his work was published in the anti-Nazi press. He also specialized in courtroom trial sketches. After the appointment of Hitler as Chancellor in 1933, Schliefer emigrated to the United States. He changed his name to William Sharp and continued his career as an editorial cartoonist and illustrator. His work was published in the New York Times, Life Magazine, and other publications. He died in 1961, age sixty-one years.
Archival History
The drawing was aquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
Scope and Content
The man in the center is the minister of enlightenment, the Herr Doctor Joseph Goebbels. He takes no chances when he goes among the people he enlightens. I call him "Wotan's Mickey Mouse."
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Two images, one image recto, one image verso on same sheet. Recto: small man in long coat, top hat and swastika arm band flanked by two large Nazi soldiers standing at attention. Verso: Fat man in armor at bedside of woman sitting up in bed.
caption in lower left corner, in pencil, "Dr. Joseph Goebbels, Wotan Mickey Mouse" (written in hand other than artist's)
People
- Sharp, William, 1900-1961.
Subjects
- Anti-Nazi movement--United States--Political cartoons.
- Newspapers--New York (State)--New York--Political cartoons.
Genre
- Art
- Object