Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Anti-Hitler broadside with cartoons mocking Hitler's stand on various issues.
- Artwork Title
- Political Cabaret in Pictures
- Date
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publication/distribution:
1932
- Geography
-
publication:
Germany
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, The Abraham and Ruth Goldfarb Family Acquisition Fund
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Posters
- Category
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Political posters
- Object Type
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Posters, German (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Consists of one anti-Hitler colored cartoon broadside, in German, entitled "Political Cabaret in Pictures," dated 1932 and depiciting cartoons mocking Hitler's stand on various issues.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Anti-Nazi movement--Germany--Posters--Specimens.
- Personal Name
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Caricatures and cartoons.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The poster was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum at an auction run by COHASCO, Inc. in November 2009.
- Funding Note
- The acquisition of this collection was made possible by The Abraham and Ruth Goldfarb Family Acquisition Fund.
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- 2022-07-28 18:13:52
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Also in Anti-Hitler posters and Palestine recruitment pamphlet collection
The collection consists of one anti-Hitler broadside, one pamphlet issued in Palestine by the World Union, Zion Workers, and one anti-Nazi movie poster, produced before and during World War II.
Date: 1932-1945
Satirical, Hitler wanted for murder poster
Object
Anti-Nazi propaganda poster distributed in the United States during World War II. The poster falsely claims that Adolf Hitler’s real name is Adolf Schicklgruber. An assertion which was originated by Hans Habe, a Viennese Jewish writer. The claim was based on the last name of Hitler’s father, who was born Alois Shicklgruber. Before Hitler was born, Alois changed his name and it became Alois Hitler. The motif of Hitler’s “real” name was likely an attempt to ridicule the leader and belittle him to the public. The Adolf Schicklgruber and Hitler “wanted for murder” motifs were also used on other ephemera, such as buttons. The poster was distributed by Fight for Freedom (FFF), an interventionist organization founded in April 1941. The FFF called for the United States to enter the war against Germany, and frequently coordinated with President Roosevelt’s aides, British propagandists, and other interventionist organizations to rally public support. The FFF told Americans the Axis powers were murdering civilians in the countries they occupied, and sponsored rallies to protest mass murders. After the United States entered the war, a wave of American patriotism and anti-Axis sentiment swept through the country. Much of this was manifested through pieces of ephemera such as posters, buttons, pins, cards, toys, and decals. This sentiment continued in America until the end of the war.
Pamphlet
Object
Pamphlet directed to Holocaust survivors issued by World Union, Zion Workers in Palestine before the end of World War II promoting aid to and the development of Palestine.