Print depiction of townspeople and soldiers attacking Jews
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm)
Creator(s)
- Johann Michael Voltz (Artist)
- Peter Ehrenthal (Compiler)
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
Contemporary etching of the "Hep-Hep Riot" in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in fall 1819 by Johann Voltz. Hep hep was a Jew-baiting chant used to incite the mob. The riots started in Wurzburg, and spread throughout the German Confedration. 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
Subjects
- Jews--Persecution--Germany--19th century--Pictorial works.
- Jews--Caricatures and cartoons--19th century.
- Pogroms--Germany--Frankfurt am Main--19th century--Pictorial works.
- Antisemitism in art.
- Antisemitism--Germany--19th century--Art.
- Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Genre
- Art
- Object