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Der ewige Jude [Book]

Object | Accession Number: 1989.307.1

Overview

Brief Narrative: Antisemitic propaganda book, Der ewige Jew [The Eternal Jew] created as promotional material for a Nazi regime sponsored exhibition of the same title in November 1937 in Munich, Germany. A postcard canceled December 18, 1937, has the exhibition information.
Title: Der ewige Jude
Alternate Title: The Eternal Jew
Date: publication: 1937
Geography: publication: Munich (Germany)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Werner Katzenstein
Contributor: Author: Hans Diebow
Distributor: Zentralverlag der NSDAP

Physical Details

Language: German
Classification: Books and Published Materials
Category: Books and pamphlets
Object Type: Illustrated books (lcsh)
Physical Description: Soft cover ; 128 p. , ill. , ports. ; 26 cm.
The front cover has a caricature of a Jew in a black robe with a long beard and one outstretched hand holding gold coins, and a whip in the other. There is a small inset map of the Soviet Union with red sickle and hammer.
A postcard, canceled December 18, 1937, has the exhibition information: GROSSE POLITISCHE SCHAU IM BIBLIOTHEKSBAU DES DEUTSCHEN MUSEUMS ZU MÜNCHEN . AB 8. NOVEMBER 1937.TÄGLICH GEÖFFNET VON 10.21 UHR [Great political exhibition in the German Museum Library in Munich. From November 8, 1937, open daily]
Materials: overall : paper, ink

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Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Anti-Jewish propaganda--Germany--Pictorial works. Antisemitism--Germany--20th century--Pictorial works. Jews--Caricatures and cartoons--Specimens. Jews--Persecution--Germany. Nazi propaganda--Germany--Specimens. Wandering Jew.
Personal Name: Diebow, Hans, 1896-1975.

Administrative Notes

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The book was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989 by Werner Katzenstein.
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:: 2022-07-28 18:11:47
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