The German Face (continued) Second part of eugenics poster with photos of 3 Aryan facial types
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 15.250 inches (38.735 cm) | Width: 11.625 inches (29.528 cm)
Creator(s)
- Verlag fur nationale Literatur Gebr. Rath (Publisher)
- Alfred Vogel (Author)
Archival History
The poster was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
Scope and Content
Educational poster with headshots of 3 men produced to show the ideal facial features of Aryan Germans. It is from a portfolio of teaching panels designed by Alfred Vogel, a school headmaster and Nazi Party member, to instruct students on the superiority of the Aryan race, the virtue of racial purity, and the burden that Jews, as well as the handicapped, mentally ill, and unfit, place on society. For Hitler's government, the indoctrination of children through the required teaching of Nazi ideology was a powerful tool. The teaching of eugenics and racial biology began in primary school. Vogel's series provided illustrated aids on its key aspects, showing in simple pictures the urgency of the Jewish threat, the danger of racial miscegenation, or mixing of races, and how the pure breed will always be strongest, and mixed breeds must be eliminated.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Poster printed on cardstock with the title phrase: Das deutsche Gesicht / (Fortsezung) [The German Face (continued)], in Fraktur font across the top. Below there are 6 black and white photographs of men seperated into 3 rows and 2 columns. The man in the top row, captioned: 4. Dorwiegend ostischer Rasseneinschlag [Predominantly Eastern racial influence], wears a dark suit and has short dark hair. The man in the middle row, captioned: 5. Ostbaltischer Rasseneinschlag [East Baltic racial influence], has short blond hair and wears a military uniform. The man in the bottom row, captioned: 6. Vorwiegend dinarischer Rasseneinschlag [Predominantly Dinaric racial influence], wears a dark suit and has gray hair. This poster is no. 53 in Vogel's series, and 1 of 9 in collection 1990.120
Genre
- Posters
- Object