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Anti-Nazi drawing published in the PM newspaper

Object | Accession Number: 1991.182.26

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    Anti-Nazi drawing published in the PM newspaper

    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    Four Storm Troop bullies in 1932 haouled an enemy of the Nazis out of his house in Beuthen, Silesia, and stomped him to death. They were sentenced to death and while they were awaiting execution, Hitler sent them congratulations. When he became Chancellor, they were pardoned. One or two of them got very good jobs in the Nazi party. In that year, political murders jumped from eight a month to 19 a month in June, went to 86 a month in July.
    Artwork Title
    The Bouther slayers are hailed as heroes
    Subtitle
    For the State
    Series Title
    26 in a series of 31
    Date
    publication/distribution:  1940 October 27
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
    Signature
    lower 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 six gentlemen standing in Nazi uniforms, five of whom have visible swastikas on their left arm; the sixth man, whose right side faces the viewer, is being crowned with a garland upon his head by one of the other figures; all look on at the scene, one on right hand side holding a garland on a pillow.
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 14.020 inches (35.611 cm) | Width: 20.000 inches (50.8 cm)
    Materials
    overall : paper, ink, charcoal, graphite
    Inscription
    lower right hand corner, in ink, "The Bother slayers are hailed as heros" (written in hand other than the artist's)

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    Conditions on Access
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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 13:22:32
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