Anti-Nazi drawing published in the PM newspaper The New Gods
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 20.000 inches (50.8 cm) | Width: 15.000 inches (38.1 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
To the Nazis, any division of loyalty is unthinkable. So the Church is the sufferer, the State commands all devotion. Persecution of clergy is relentless. Nazis call priests "black moles."
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Image of a gentleman dressed in clergy robes, in a state of panic; running on the other side of what appears to be a wall or doorway, men dressed in officer uniforms trying to gain entry; the very panic of the clergyman is seen in the cross which he has dropped and is falling, his cap also flying off his head and falling.
center of bottom margin, in pencil, "Please careful"
People
- Sharp, William, 1900-1961.
Subjects
- Anti-Nazi movement--United States--Political cartoons.
- Newspapers--New York (State)--New York--Political cartoons.
Genre
- Object
- Art