Anti-Nazi drawing published in the PM newspaper Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels, German Minister of Propaganda Enlightenment
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 20.000 inches (50.8 cm) | Width: 15.000 inches (38.1 cm)
Creator(s)
- William Sharp (Artist)
Biographical History
Leon Schleifer was born in 1900 in Germany. He served in the German army at the end of World War I (1914-1918). He became a political cartoonist and his work was published in the anti-Nazi press. He also specialized in courtroom trial sketches. After the appointment of Hitler as Chancellor in 1933, Schliefer emigrated to the United States. He changed his name to William Sharp and continued his career as an editorial cartoonist and illustrator. His work was published in the New York Times, Life Magazine, and other publications. He died in 1961, age sixty-one years.
Archival History
The drawing was aquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
Scope and Content
Dr. Paul Goebbels is one of the most vindictive men I know of. He threatened me with concentration camp for anti-Nazi drawings I did under an assumed name.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Image of half length, left profile portrait of Goebbels, wearing Nazi Uniform and armband with swastika
lower right corner, in pencil, [illegible word (looks like Duempfuess or Luempfuess)]; subtitle "Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbls [sic] German Minister of Propaganda" (added by hand other than artist's)
People
- Sharp, William, 1900-1961.
Subjects
- Newspapers--New York (State)--New York--Political cartoons.
- Anti-Nazi movement--United States--Political cartoons.
Genre
- Art
- Object