Der Ewige Jude antisemitic film poster

Object | Accession Number: 1990.193.8

Artwork Title: Der Ewige Jude
Alternate Title: The Eternal Jew
Date: 1940 (publication/distribution)
Language: German
Classification: Posters
Category: Anti-Jewish propaganda
Object Type: Film posters, German (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Helmut Eschwege

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Physical Description: Color offset lithographic poster of the yellow face of a sinister looking Jewish man with a hostile stare on a black background with the title DER EWIGE JUDE across the top. The man has long sidecurls, hooded eyes under heavy brows, sunken cheeks, a long pointed nose, and a beard. The artist's name Mjolnir, the German film logo, and an official Nazi stamp are printed within the image.
Dimensions: overall : 32.000 x 23.125 in. (81.28 x 58.738 cm.)
Materials: overall : paper, ink
Markings: front, top, white on black : DER EWIGE / JUDE [THE ETERNAL JEW]
front, bottom, white on black : EIN DOKUMENTARFILM ÜBER DAS / WELTJUDENTUM [A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT WORLD JEWRY]
front, bottom, white and yellow on black : Gestaltung: Dr. Fritz Hippler · Musik: Franz R. Friedl / Herstellung u. Vertrieb: Deutsche Filmherstellungs-u. Verwertungs – G.m.b.H.
Inscription: front, bottom right, stamped, black ink : Zugela? / Filmpru? / 3?75 / d. DK? 1940
Contributor: Artist: Mjolnir
Publisher: Deutsche Filmherstellungs- und Verwertungs GmbH (DFG) for NSDAP Reichspropagandaleitung
Biography: Mjolnir was the pseudonym of Hans Schweitzer, an artist who produced a prolific number of posters for the Nazi Party during the 1930s.
Topical Term: Anti-Jewish propaganda--Germany--Posters.
Antisemitism--Germany--History--20th century.
Jews--Persecution--Germany--Pictorial works.
National socialism and motion pictures--Posters.
Nazi propaganda--Pictorial works.
Geographic Name: Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945--Posters.
Personal Name: Mjolnir, 1901-1980.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The poster was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Helmut Eschwege.
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
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