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Anti-Nazi drawing published in the PM newspaper

Object | Accession Number: 1991.182.24

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    Anti-Nazi drawing published in the PM newspaper

    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    They came to the police station for help. They are being bawled out for not saluting the officer with "Heil Hitler." The sign says that is the proper German greeting, but they couldn't read. They were blind.
    Artwork Title
    Das Blinde Ehepaar konnte nicht lesen das der deutsche Gruess ist `Heil Hitler' ist
    Subtitle
    Der Deutsche Gruss ist Heil Hitler Discipline
    Series Title
    24 in a series of 31
    Date
    publication/distribution:  1940 October 25
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
    Signature
    verso, 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 a policeman shouting and pointing to the door with a sign about Hitler's greeting; two people stand on the other side of the railing, looking thin, helpless; a fourth figure sits on the inside of the railing, next to the stern man, viewing the situation; set inside an office.
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 19.920 inches (50.597 cm) | Width: 15.000 inches (38.1 cm)
    Materials
    overall : paper, ink, graphite
    Inscription
    lower left corner, in pencil, caption

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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 13:22:40
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