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Anti-Nazi drawing published in the PM newspaper

Object | Accession Number: 1991.182.30

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    Anti-Nazi drawing published in the PM newspaper

    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    I saw this in Berlin in 1934. The next stop was the concentration camp, but even that was welcome after the shame of the streets. This happened more often in small towns.
    Artwork Title
    Ich bin Jude [I am a Jew]
    Subtitle
    I am a Jew
    Series Title
    30 in a series of 31
    Date
    creation:  1935
    publication/distribution:  1940 October 27
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
    Signature
    lower left corner of image, in ink, "Wm. Sharp / 35"
    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

    Language
    German
    Classification
    Art
    Category
    Drawings
    Object Type
    Drawing (lcsh)
    Physical Description
    Image of street scene with two Nazi soldiers leading a gentleman between them who wears a sign that says "Ich bin Jude!" as people look on; the central figure, between the two Nazi soldiers, wears no shoes and bows his head
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 19.880 inches (50.495 cm) | Width: 15.080 inches (38.303 cm)
    Materials
    overall : paper, charcoal, ink, graphite
    Inscription
    date, lower left hand corner of image, in pencil; center of bottom margin, in pencil, "Please careful"

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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 13:22:12
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