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Propaganda poster with a threatening, snarling Jewish man’s face

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    Propaganda poster with a threatening, snarling Jewish man’s face

    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    Anti-Jewish poster issued in German occupied Serbia in the fall of 1941 for the Grand Anti-Masonic Exhibition in Belgrade from October 22, 1941, to January 19, 1942. It has a caricature of an evil looking Jewish man in a skullcap snarling with bared teeth. The exhibit focused on the alleged Jewish-Communist-Masonic conspiracy to achieve world domination. Jews were portrayed as the source of all evil, which had to be destroyed, along with Jewish controlled countries, such as the Soviet Union and the US, and any outsider groups that opposed Nazi Germany. Yugoslavia was invaded and dismembered by the Axis powers in April 1941. Germany annexed most of Slovenia and placed Serbia under military occupation. The exhibition was organized by the Serbian puppet government of Milan Nedic in collaboration with the German occupiers. This poster is one of more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic visual materials.
    Title
    Сазнај ! КАКО ТО ОН ОПСТАЈЕ
    Alternate Title
    Find out! How he survives
    Series Title
    Grand Anti-Masonic Exhibition
    Date
    publication/distribution:  1941
    Geography
    distribution: Grand Anti-Masonic Exhibition; Belgrade (Serbia)
    manufacture: Belgrade (Serbia)
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Katz Family
    Markings
    front, bottom, red ink : Сазнај ! / КАКО ТО ОН ОПСТАЈЕ [Learn! How Are They Surviving]
    front, bottom left, black ink : Пр. Бгд. [Pr. Bgd.]
    front, bottom right, black ink : Pr. Bg. 19.8 X B2.1.F.J.
    Contributor
    Compiler: Peter Ehrenthal
    Biography
    The Katz Ehrenthal Collection is a collection of more than 900 objects depicting Jews and antisemitic and anti-Jewish propaganda from the medieval to the modern era, in Europe, Russia, and the United States. The collection was amassed by Peter Ehrenthal, a Romanian Holocaust survivor, to document the pervasive history of anti-Jewish hatred in Western art, politics and popular culture. It includes crude folk art as well as pieces created by Europe's finest craftsmen, prints and periodical illustrations, posters, paintings, decorative art, and toys and everyday household items decorated with depictions of stereotypical Jewish figures.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Serbian
    Classification
    Posters
    Physical Description
    Offset color lithograph poster on light brown paper with a caricature of a threatening and sinister looking Orthodox Jewish man’s face and shoulders, yellow with black creases and shadows. A red Star of David mark is on his forehead, resembling a target. His hooded eyes are narrowed and glaring with evil intent and his fleshy lips are twisted into a snarl. He wears a black skullcap and has a huge, pointed nose and ears, and a short, bristled beard. The background is black with a yellow border with Serbian text at the bottom. It is adhered to slightly larger linen backing.
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 27.250 inches (69.215 cm) | Width: 19.125 inches (48.578 cm)
    Materials
    overall : paper, ink, linen, adhesive

    Rights & Restrictions

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

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The poster was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by the Katz Family.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
    Special Collection
    Katz Ehrenthal Collection
    Record last modified:
    2022-07-28 18:30:29
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