Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Antisemitic text only Nazi propaganda poster featuring a quote by Dr. Joseph Goebbels, the German Propaganda Minister, denouncing the Jewish invention of Marxism as part of a conspiracy to control the world. The poster was issued for the week of September 28 - October 4, 1941, for the Parole der Woche (Slogan of the Week) series produced by the Nazi Party in Germany from 1936-1943. This propaganda campaign which frequently targeted Jews and the Western Allies issued over a 1000 posters which were distributed and displayed throughout the German Reich. The series was discontinued in 1943 because of paper shortages caused by the prolonged war.
- Artwork Title
- Juden waren es die den marxis. Folge 40
- Alternate Title
- Jews were the Marxists
- Series Title
- Parole der Woche, Folge 40, September 28-October 1941
- Date
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publication/distribution:
1941 September 28-1941 October 04
- Geography
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publication:
Munich (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
- Markings
- front, black and red ink : JUDEN WAREN ES / DIE DEN MARXIS MUS ERFANDEN JUDEN / SIND ES / DIE MIT IHM SEIT JAHR / ZEHNTEN DIE WELT ZU REVO / LUTIONIEREN VERSUCHEN DR · GOEBBELS [Jews invented Marxism. It was Jews who tried for decades to revolutionize the world with it for decades. Dr. Goebbels]
front, lower margin, gray ink : WOCHENSPRUCH DER NSDAP. / HERAUSGEBER REICHSPROPAGANDALEITUNG / FOLGE 40, 28. IX.- 4. X . 1941 ZENTRALVERLAG DER NSDAP., MUNCHEN F/0364 - Contributor
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Publisher:
Zentralverlag der NSDAP
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Posters
- Category
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Anti-Jewish propaganda
- Object Type
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Posters, German (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Text only poster printed on light brown paper. There are two blocks of uppercase German text printed against a light blue rectangle background, with JUDEN at the beginning of each block in red ink and oversized font. The remaining text is in gray ink and smaller font.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 13.750 inches (34.925 cm) | Width: 9.500 inches (24.13 cm)
- Materials
- overall : wove paper, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Antisemitism--Germany--Posters. Nazi propaganda--Posters. World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda, German.
- Geographic Name
- Germany--Politics and government--1933-1945--Posters.
- Personal Name
- Goebbels, Joseph, 1897-1945--Posters.
- Corporate Name
- Nationalsozialstische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The poster was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1988.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-10-03 11:27:39
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