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Anti-Nazi drawing published in the PM newspaper

Object | Accession Number: 1991.182.16

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    Anti-Nazi drawing published in the PM newspaper

    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    This was Dr. Erich Mucsahm. He was arrested the night of the Reichstag fire, beaten so badly he became deaf, thrown into a concentration camp. They hanged him in his cell, called it a suicide.
    Artwork Title
    Er hat sich erhangt
    Subtitle
    He did not Conform
    Series Title
    16 in a series of 31
    Date
    publication/distribution:  1940 October 24
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
    Signature
    ower left hand corner, in ink
    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
    Image of man hanging from the window of what appears to be a prison cell; he appears dead or unconscious, as he hangs on his head.
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 19.880 inches (50.495 cm)
    Materials
    overall : paper, graphite, ink
    Inscription
    "Er hat sich erhangt" [He did not conform]

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    Conditions on Use
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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 13:23:16
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