Nazi handbill of a Stormtrooper getting rid of obstacles to Germany's future
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 12.500 inches (31.75 cm) | Width: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm)
Creator(s)
- Peter Ehrenthal (Compiler)
- Willi Kleine (Artist)
Biographical History
The Katz Ehrenthal Collection is a collection of more than 900 objects depicting Jews and antisemitic and anti-Jewish propaganda from the medieval to the modern era, in Europe, Russia, and the United States. The collection was amassed by Peter Ehrenthal, a Romanian Holocaust survivor, to document the pervasive history of anti-Jewish hatred in Western art, politics and popular culture. It includes crude folk art as well as pieces created by Europe's finest craftsmen, prints and periodical illustrations, posters, paintings, decorative art, and toys and everyday household items decorated with depictions of stereotypical Jewish figures.
Archival History
The print was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by the Katz Family.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Katz Family
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
Nazi Party handbill featuring a quote by Alfred Rosenberg. This print is one of more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic visual materials.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Handbill on light brown paper with an image of a giant sized man with an impassive face in a Stormtrooper uniform with his right hand extended to grab 3 small figures attempting to run away: a man in a business suit, a Jew with a very big nose, also in a suit, and a mna in a monk's habit. The gaint wears knee high boots, jophurs, shirt and tie, visored cap with Nazi eagle, Sam Browne belt, and red swastila armband. Behind him flies a red flag with a swastika. Filling the right side of the poster is a quote by Alfred Rosenberg in German fraktur font in red and black ink.
Subjects
- Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945--Posters.
- Nazi propaganda--Germany--Posters.
- Anti-Jewish propaganda--Germany--Posters--Specimens.
Genre
- Posters
- Object