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Small poster made to discourage US troops from socializing with Germans received by a soldier

Object | Accession Number: 1993.45.1

Handbill received by Sergeant Donald Schaufelberger while serving in the US Army in Germany in May 1945. Issued by the US Army, the handbill uses an image of piled rows of concentration camp corpses discovered at Mauthausen concentration camp to remind soldiers not to fraternize with German civilians.

Artwork Title
Don't Fraternize
Date
creation:  1945 May
received:  1945 May
Geography
depiction: Mauthausen (Concentration Camp); Mauthausen (Austria)
Language
English
Classification
Posters
Category
War propaganda
Object Type
Handbills--American (tgm)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Donald Schaufelberger

About This Object

Physical Description
Small paper handbill of a black and white, half tone reproduction photograph image of a row of 3, large stacks of emaciated, naked corpses in front of a large wooden building. A line of male bystanders, most in civilian clothes, and a one in concentration camp uniform trousers, are looking at the bodies. There is white printed text at the top and bottom.
Dimensions
overall: Height: 10.375 inches (26.353 cm) | Width: 13.000 inches (33.02 cm)
Materials
overall : paper, ink, graphite
Markings
front top, white ink : DONT FRATERNIZE
front bottom, white ink : MAUTHAUSEN
bottom right corner, white ink : PHOTO P R O / I & E OFFICE / 1 1 ∆
Inscription
back, black ink: 11th Armored Division, US Third Army. Sgt. Donald Schaufelberger
Contributor
Subject: Donald Schaufelberger
Producer: United States Army, 11th Armored Division Headquarters, Information and Education Office

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The handbill was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993 by Donald Schaufelberger.
Funding Note
The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Rights and Restrictions

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

 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:22:19
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