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Antisemitic cartoon satirizing a Frenchman expressing pity for Jews

Object | Accession Number: 2016.184.421

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    Antisemitic cartoon satirizing a Frenchman expressing pity for Jews

    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    Satirical news cartoon of a pear headed Frenchman expressing pity for "these poor Jews", while behind him a caricature of a Jewish man in a tallit with an evil looking face is burning a globe with a stack of currency. The use of a pear-shaped head to insult and make fun of authority figures became a staple of French satire after Daumier used it to lampoon the King in 1942. This cartoon is one of more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic visual materials.
    Artwork Title
    "Ç'es povres juifs quand même...!!!
    Date
    publication/distribution:  1942 October 24
    Geography
    publication: Paris (France)
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Katz Family
    Markings
    "Ç'es povres juifs quand même...!!!
    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
    French
    Classification
    Art
    Category
    Prints
    Physical Description
    Editorial cartoon clipped from newspaper
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm) | Width: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm)
    Materials
    overall : newsprint, ink

    Rights & Restrictions

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

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The cartoon 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 18:30:34
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