WHO IS STEALING OUR NORTH AFRICA? ROOSEVELT Advertising poster promoting an antisemitic, anti-American magazine, Cahier Jaune
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 62.250 inches (158.115 cm) | Width: 46.750 inches (118.745 cm)
Creator(s)
- SA Courbet (Manufacturer)
Archival History
The poster was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009 by Gary and Nina Wexler.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Gary and Nina Wexler
Scope and Content
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.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Rectangular paper poster depicting Roosevelt scratching his cheek as he thinks over the advice from a man whispering in his ear, both framed within a yellow Star of David. They are superimposed over a background image of a white skyline, with an American flag atop the tallest building, against a blue sky. There is French text in the upper right corner and at the bottom.
Subjects
- Antisemitism--France--History--20th century--Pictorial works.
- World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda--Pictorial works.
- Antisemitism in art.
- Propaganda--Germany--History--20th century.
- France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945--Posters.
- Nazi propaganda--Posters.
Genre
- Posters
- Object