Poster collection

Identifier: irn95216
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn95216

Acquisition

The collection was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of three posters: a poster created by Ben Shahn for the US Office of War Information, a poster depicting a three-quarter length portrait of Hitler (Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer!), and an anti-Semitic propaganda poster.

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Ben Shahn poster with an image of a hooded man protesting the Nazi destruction of Lidice
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn8558
- English
- 1942
- overall: Height: 38.270 inches (97.206 cm) | Width: 28.270 inches (71.806 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Poster created by Ben Shahn for the US Office of War Information as a response to the Nazi-led annihilation and destruction of communities throughout the Czech Republic, including Lidice. It also protests the retaliatory measures taken for the attempted assassination by Czech resistance members of Reinhard Heydrich, director of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, under the Nazi occupation.
Poster of three-quarter length portrait of Hitler
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn8559
- English
- 1935
- overall: Height: 46.500 inches (118.11 cm) | Width: 32.625 inches (82.868 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Poster of three-quarter length portrait of Hitler
When Jews laugh Antisemitic Der Stürmer advertising flier showing several Jewish people smiling
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn8560
- English
- 1937-1938
- overall: Height: 16.750 inches (42.545 cm) | Width: 12.000 inches (30.48 cm) | Depth: 10.980 inches (27.889 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Antisemitic flier for the Der Stürmer newspaper showing photographic images of the “devilish grins” of Jews. The text claims that Jews are born criminals, who are incapable of laughter, and can only smile nefariously, which implies their untrustworthy nature. Two versions of the flier were published: this one with red lettering and an advertisement on the bottom, and one with black-and-white text without a bottom advertisement. The antisemitic newspaper was founded by Julius Streicher and published from 1923 to 1945. Striecher used the paper as a platform to foment public hatred of the Jewi...

Poster collection

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Ben Shahn poster with an image of a hooded man protesting the Nazi destruction of Lidice

Poster of three-quarter length portrait of Hitler

When Jews laugh Antisemitic Der Stürmer advertising flier showing several Jewish people smiling