Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Potcard issued by the Legion of Judea in the United States. It calls for the defeat of Nazism and the restoration of German civilization.
- Date
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publication/distribution:
approximately 1933
- Geography
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publication:
United States
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection. The acquisition of this collection was made possible by the Crown Family.
- Markings
- front, black ink : HELP / CRUSH-NAZISM / and / Restore World Confidence / in / German Civilization”
- Contributor
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Publisher:
Legion of Judea, United States
Physical Details
- Classification
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Information Forms
- Category
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Postcards
- Object Type
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Political postcards (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Postcrd with black text on a white background with with English text and the image of a lion with a banner with Hebrew text: "Mahne Yehuda" in the upper left corner.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The postcard was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015.
- Funding Note
- The acquisition of this artifact was made possible by the Crown Family.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 20:13:43
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn607791
Also in US Anti-Nazi propaganda collection
The collection consists of three postcards, two posters, a flier, and a pamphlet produced in America, protesting the Nazi regime in Germany.
Date: approximately 1933-1938
Careless talk broadside urging people not to spread rumors or use hate speech
Object
US wartime poster asking Americans not to be influenced by Nazi propaganda encouraging them to spread hateful rumors about blacks, Jews, or Brits.
Legion of Judea postcard calling for a boycott of Nazi Germany
Object
Postcard issued by the Legion of Judea in the United States, warning people to remember Belgium and 1914, a reference to the invasion of Belgium by Germany that launched World War I (1914-1918.) It was refrred to as the Rape of Belgium because of the brutal treatment and killing of civilians. The Legion calls for a boycott to end Nazi rule in Germany.
Flier for a parade protesting the annexation of the Sudetenland
Object
Flier advertising the Zero Hour Parade for Peace in New York City, October 1, 1938, sponsored by United Czechoslovakian Societies, NY City Division, American League for Peace and Democracy, United Jugoslav Federation. On September 30, 1938, France, Great Britain, and Italy signed the Munich Pact, an agreement with Hitler approving Germany's annexation of the Sudetenland, a border region of Czechoslovakia, in exchange for a promise of peace from Hitler. Czechoslovakia was not a participant in the Conference
Pamphlet
Object
