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Postcard of a Jewish vagrant fending off a dog with his umbrella

Object | Accession Number: 2016.184.646

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    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    Picture postcard of a Jewish beggar using his umbrella to ward off a barking dog, done in the style of J. Gehrts. This postcard is one of more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic visual materials.
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Katz Family
    Markings
    front, bottom along mat, black ink : J. Gehrts pinx. [title framed over] Stengel & Markert, phot.
    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
    German
    Classification
    Information Forms
    Category
    Postcards
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 7.250 inches (18.415 cm) | Width: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm)
    pictorial area: Height: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm) | Width: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm)

    Rights & Restrictions

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

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The postcard 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:
    2024-03-04 09:02:20
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