Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Handbill issued by the American Army which uses an image of Holocaust victims to remind soldiers not to fraternize with German civilians.
- Artwork Title
- Don't Fratenize Mauthausen
- Date
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issue:
approximately 1945 April-1945 June
- Geography
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depiction:
Mauthausen (Concentration Camp);
Mauthausen (Austria)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Eugene John Glantz
- Markings
- front top, white ink : DONT FRATERNIZE
front bottom, white ink : MAUTHAUSEN
bottom right corner, white ink : PHOTO P R O / I & E OFFICE / 1 1 ∆ - Contributor
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Producer:
United States Army, 11th Armored Division Headquarters, Information and Education Office
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Classification
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Posters
- Category
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Fliers
- Object Type
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Handbills (tgm)
- Physical Description
- Small paper handbill of a black and white, half tone reproduction photograph image of a row of 3, large stacks of emaciated, naked corpses in front of a large wooden building. A line of male bystanders, most in civilian clothes, and a one in concentration camp uniform trousers, are looking at the bodies. There is white text at the top and bottom.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 10.375 inches (26.353 cm) | Width: 13.000 inches (33.02 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The handbill was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Eugene Glantz.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-09-13 14:27:10
- This page:
- http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn11660
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