Gary and Nina Wexler collection

Identifier: irn37257
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn37257

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009 by Gary and Nina Wexler.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of posters depicting antisemitism in France before and during World War II and posters produced in support of the German occupation of France from 1941-1944.

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Leave us in Peace! Pro-German propaganda poster warning of threats against France
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn37260
- English
- 1941
- overall: Height: 43.875 inches (111.443 cm) | Width: 29.875 inches (75.883 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Allegorical pro-German propaganda poster depicting France under attack by hostile, foreign elements allied with the Françaises Libres [Free French] movement. France is symbolized by a couple caring for the land, representing the safety and stability of France. They are threatened by three wolves labelled Freemasonry, Jews, and de Gaulle, supported by Lies, a three-headed snake, who seek to stop the regeneration of France. France was occupied by Nazi Germany from June 1940- fall 1944. The Free French were those who sought to continue the war against Germany even though France had surrendered...
Exhibition: The Jew and France Announcement for an anti-Jewish museum exhibition in Vichy France
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn37265
- English
- 1941
- overall: Height: 48.750 inches (123.825 cm) | Width: 34.125 inches (86.678 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Poster advertising The Jew and France exhibition opening at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in 1941 in Nancy, France, sponsored by the Vichy government, with funding provided by the German embassy. The event was organized by the German embassy through the Institute for the Study of the Jewish Question, in order to educate the French public on how to recognize a Jew from physical traits. It also had exhibits on topics such as Jewish perversions in the movies, the threat of Jewish influence throughout Europe, and Jewish caricatures.
WHO IS STEALING OUR NORTH AFRICA? ROOSEVELT Advertising poster promoting an antisemitic, anti-American magazine, Cahier Jaune
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn37266
- English
- overall: Height: 62.250 inches (158.115 cm) | Width: 46.750 inches (118.745 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Large poster-sized advertisement promoting an antisemitic journal published in France by ORAFF, a propaganda organization created by the Germans during their occupation of France from 1941-1944. It warns of the Jewish influence on Roosevelt and proclaims that this magazine will help you learn to recognize these threats to France's interests.
And behind: THE JEW Poster of a gloating Jewish businessman plotting to promote the war
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn37267
- English
- overall: Height: 25.625 inches (65.088 cm) | Width: 19.000 inches (48.26 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Anti-Jewish poster that was displayed in the Grand Anti-Masonic Exhibition in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (Serbia), from October 22, 1941, to January 19, 1942. It depicts a Jewish businessman engaged in a conspiracy with Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States to provoke war against Germany. The poster was printed in several languages and distributed in the occupied countries to promote the idea that Jews were manipulating the Allied Powers. The exhibit focused on the alleged Jewish-Communist-Masonic conspiracy to achieve world domination with the intent to increase hatred against o...
Late 19th century campaign poster for an antisemitic candidate for the French legislature
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn37268
- English
- 1943
- overall: Height: 60.625 inches (153.988 cm) | Width: 45.000 inches (114.3 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Paris campaign poster for an antisemitic candidate, Adolphe Willette, for the legislative elections of September 22, 1889. It declares that the issue is not religion, but race. Judaism here is not the enemy, but Jews are a different race and must be excluded. The images depict the symbols of France, Marianne, ancient Gaul , and workers and students banishing Judaism and its symbols. The poster was reprinted in 1943 during the German occupation.
Antisemitism is not an invention of the 20th Century Circular text only poster decrying antisemitism in France
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn37269
- English
- overall: | Diameter: 14.875 inches (37.783 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Circular orange and white poster commenting on the long history of antisemitism in France.
NOTICE = INFORMATION Dual language text only poster in yellow and black announcing sabotage penalties for attacks against the German occupying forces
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn37270
- English
- overall: Height: 29.250 inches (74.295 cm) | Width: 42.625 inches (108.268 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Broadside in French and German announcing severe penalties for murders, assassinations, and acts of sabotage against the German Army in France during the German occupation, 1941-1944. Family members of saboteurs and trouble makers will be punished, including forced labor and death, if the saboteurs do not turn themselves in. People are encouraged to turn in saboteurs and trouble makers to the French and German police. It is issued by the Militärbefehlshaber in Frankreich [Military Commander in France].
NOTICE = INFORMATION Dual language text only poster with a red border announcing penalties for those helping anti-German forces
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn37271
- English
- overall: Height: 31.500 inches (80.01 cm) | Width: 46.750 inches (118.745 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Broadside published in German occupied France announcing penalties for offering aid to enemy forces or for interacting with enemy military paraphernalia. Violators will be tried in German court and possibly punished by death. Rewards are offered to those who turn in people, property, or information. Individuals who help enemy forces will be punished, those who turn in people, property, or information are offered a reward. It is issued by the Militärbefehlshaber in Frankreich [Military Commander in France].