France's Shame, a poster foldout special of the Nazi Party weekly
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 29.375 inches (74.613 cm) | Width: 21.750 inches (55.245 cm)
Creator(s)
- Peter Ehrenthal (Compiler)
- Zentralverlag der NSDAP (Publisher)
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 periodical 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
Frankreichs Schüld [France's Shame], a special issue of the Nazi Party weekly with a color cover featuring two sterotyped black African soldiers in French uniforms, Charles de Gaulle, and a Jewish banker, for an expose on the sins of France: colonialism, Jewish controlled policies, etc. that make it an enemy of Germany. This periodical 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
People
- Gaulle, Charles de, 1890-1970--Caricatures and cartoons.
Subjects
- Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945--Periodicals.
- Anti-Jewish propaganda--Germany--19th century.
- Antisemitism--Germany--20th century.
- German periodicals--20th century--Specimens.
- World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda, German.
- Jews--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Nazi propaganda--Specimens.
Genre
- Object
- Posters