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Anti-Nazi drawing published in the PM newspaper

Object | Accession Number: 1991.182.20

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    Anti-Nazi drawing published in the PM newspaper

    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    This happened in 1934 Wedding, a Berlin suburb where lots of working class live, and a friend of mine saw the whole affair. The underfed laborer had allowed the swastika banner to go by without saluting it. He was shot dead by one of the "conquerors of the streets" as the Storm Troopers were called. And the policeman at the right exchanges formalities with the murderer. There was a lot of this sort of thing that year.
    Artwork Title
    He did not Salute the Flag
    Subtitle
    Worker Laid Off
    Series Title
    20 in a series of 31
    Date
    publication/distribution:  1940 October 25
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
    Signature
    lower left corner of image, in pencil, "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 on sheet, one recto, one verso. Recto: Image of four Nazi soldiers; one bearing a flag of the Nazi swatika, holding a salute to another to a uniformed man; Nazi soldiers standing to the left; all oblivious to a fallen man. Verso,image of seated man.
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 19.880 inches (50.495 cm) | Width: 14.020 inches (35.611 cm)
    Materials
    overall : paper, ink, graphite, charcoal
    Inscription
    bottom center, in pencil, "HE DID NOT SALUTE THE FLAG" (appears to be in hand other than artist's)

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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 13:22:56
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