Handbill with commentary on wartime food ration reductions in Germany
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 8.375 inches (21.273 cm) | Width: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm)
Archival History
The handbill was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, The Abraham and Ruth Goldfarb Family Acquisition Fund
Funding Note: The acquisition of this collection was made possible by The Abraham and Ruth Goldfarb Family Acquisition Fund.
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
Circular commenting on the April 6, 1942, cuts by the Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture to the food rations of the German population. It compares the food restrictions introduced by the Nazi regime to those experienced during World War I (1914-1918). That April, weekly bread, fat, and meat rations were significantly reduced. The cuts were explained as due to shortages in the harvests and the increased need to feed the German Army and forced laborers.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Rectangular, two-sided, white paper handbill with German text printed in black ink. The front has an image at the top reproducing an official 1917 notice on food rations with a phrase circled in green ink. On the upper left and lower right of the image is green shading. Below, to the right, is a short text caption. Above and below the image is text in large, crayon-like font. At the bottom is a block of text, then a phrase in green ink. The reverse has text in large, crayon-like font at the top and bottom. In the center are 2 lines of text, then 6 numbered paragraphs, and near the bottom, 3 lines of text. The typeface varies in size, with a few sentences in bold font. The handbill is creased.
Subjects
- Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945.
- War and society--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Rationing--Germany.
- Propaganda, German--History--20th century.
- Food supply--Social aspects--Germany--History--20th century.
- Rationing--German--History--20th century.
Genre
- Object
- Posters