Anti-Nazi drawing published in the PM newspaper The Freedom of the Press The Censor
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 19.760 inches (50.19 cm) | Width: 13.820 inches (35.103 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
I completed this sketch in Germany. The censor sniffs and sniffs. His ears and scissors miss nothing. You remember Luther threw an inkpot at the devil's head. Since then, the devil has been afraid of ink.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Image of man with big eyes and ears and long nose standing over papers with scissors in hand; erasure on right bottom edge.
lower left corner, in pencil, "37 Der Zensor"; subtitle "The Freedom of the Press" looks like later addition; erasure on right of bottom edge; verso, upper right corner, in pencil, "59"; center, in pencil, "74"
People
- Sharp, William, 1900-1961.
Subjects
- Newspapers--New York (State)--New York--Political cartoons.
- Anti-Nazi movement--United States--Political cartoons.
Genre
- Art
- Object