Eradicating the sick and weak in nature German survival of the fittest poster

Identifier
irn531090
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.754.1
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1938
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

overall: Height: 11.625 inches (29.528 cm) | Width: 15.375 inches (39.053 cm)

Creator(s)

Archival History

The poster was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

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

Poster from the 1938 racial science textbook, Erblehre und rassenkunde für die grund- und hauptschule, by Alfred Vogel. Nazi ideology sought to create a racially pure German nation. All those who did not belong to the Nordic race were to be excluded from the community. Thus citizens had to be educated to recognize the physical characteristics that revealed the racially undesirable, as well as the disabled, handicapped, and sickly.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Color poster with 2 image panels: on the left is a hawk perched on a tree branch over dead rabbit; on the right is a blond man with an axe raised over his head, preparing to chop down a diseased, short, orange pine tree. In the background is a forest of tall, green pine trees.

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Genre

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