Eradicating the sick and weak in nature German survival of the fittest poster
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 11.625 inches (29.528 cm) | Width: 15.375 inches (39.053 cm)
Creator(s)
- J. F. Lehmanns Verlag (Publisher)
Archival History
The poster was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
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
Poster from the 1938 racial science textbook, Erblehre und rassenkunde für die grund- und hauptschule, by Alfred Vogel. Nazi ideology sought to create a racially pure German nation. All those who did not belong to the Nordic race were to be excluded from the community. Thus citizens had to be educated to recognize the physical characteristics that revealed the racially undesirable, as well as the disabled, handicapped, and sickly.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Color poster with 2 image panels: on the left is a hawk perched on a tree branch over dead rabbit; on the right is a blond man with an axe raised over his head, preparing to chop down a diseased, short, orange pine tree. In the background is a forest of tall, green pine trees.
Subjects
- Fascism and education--Germany--History--20th century.
- Race discrimination--Germany--History--20th century.
- Eugenics--Germany--History--20th century.
- National socialism and science--Germany.
- Nazi propaganda--Germany.
- Racism--Germany--History--20th century.
Genre
- Posters
- Object