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Anti-Nazi drawing published in the PM newspaper

Object | Accession Number: 1991.182.14

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    Anti-Nazi drawing published in the PM newspaper

    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    The man in the center is the minister of enlightenment, the Herr Doctor Joseph Goebbels. He takes no chances when he goes among the people he enlightens. I call him "Wotan's Mickey Mouse."
    Artwork Title
    Dr. Joseph Goebbels, Wotan's Mickey Mouse
    Subtitle
    Security
    Series Title
    14 in a series of 31
    Date
    publication/distribution:  1940 October 23
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
    Signature
    bottom center, in ink, "William Sharp"
    Contributor
    Artist: William Sharp
    Biography
    Leon Schleifer was born in 1900 in Germany. He served in the German army at the end of World War I (1914-1918). He became a political cartoonist and his work was published in the anti-Nazi press. He also specialized in courtroom trial sketches. After the appointment of Hitler as Chancellor in 1933, Schliefer emigrated to the United States. He changed his name to William Sharp and continued his career as an editorial cartoonist and illustrator. His work was published in the New York Times, Life Magazine, and other publications. He died in 1961, age sixty-one years.

    Physical Details

    Classification
    Art
    Category
    Drawings
    Object Type
    Drawing (lcsh)
    Physical Description
    Two images, one image recto, one image verso on same sheet.
    Recto: small man in long coat, top hat and swastika arm band flanked by two large Nazi soldiers standing at attention.
    Verso: Fat man in armor at bedside of woman sitting up in bed.
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 20.000 inches (50.8 cm) | Width: 14.020 inches (35.611 cm)
    Materials
    overall : paper, ink, graphite
    Inscription
    caption in lower left corner, in pencil, "Dr. Joseph Goebbels, Wotan Mickey Mouse" (written in hand other than artist's)

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The drawing was aquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991.
    Record last modified:
    2023-07-06 13:23:23
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