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Cover of a newsweekly satirizing a Jewish man as Lord of the Earth

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    Cover of a newsweekly satirizing a Jewish man as Lord of the Earth

    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    Front page of Der Rohrspatz, a satirical Viennese newsweekly that ceased publication in its first year, 1933. The cover has a caricature of a Jewish man as Der Herr der Erde, Lord of the Earth. Der Rohrspatz is a a type of sparrow known for the contrast between its small size and the loud noise it makes, whether singing or scolding other creatures. This journal cover is one of more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic visual materials.
    Date
    publication:  1933 October 05
    Geography
    publication: Vienna (Austria)
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Katz Family
    Markings
    front, top, black ink : Wien und Provinz 20 Groschen / Der Rohrspatz / Jahrgang 1 / Wien, 5. Oktober 1933 Folge 4
    Contributor
    Compiler: Peter Ehrenthal
    Publisher: Der Rohrspatz
    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
    German
    Classification
    Art
    Category
    Illustrations
    Physical Description
    Front page torn from a newsweekly with a caricature of a pompous looking Jewish businessman with curly tufts of hair above large ears, thick eyebrows, a huge curved nose, mustache, and thick fleshy lips. The word ALLIANCE is drawn along the curve of his bald head. Above the image is the headline, Der Herr der Erde; with ISRAELITE below. At the bottom are lines of men and women with bowed heads. On each side is a column of boxes with titles, presumably of Jewish controlled businesses: agriculture [Ackerbau Viehzucht Korndljud Vienkommissioner], pornographic literature, animal protection [Tierschutz Scahchten], money management [Geldwirtschaft], etc. The back, with the page number 2, has a poem and an illustrated article in 3 columns, Der Lautsprecher by J.H.R. The bottom and right edges are unevenly torn and it is discolored and creased.
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 14.875 inches (37.783 cm) | Width: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm)
    Materials
    overall : newsprint, ink

    Rights & Restrictions

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

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The journal cover 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 18:13:46
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