Antisemitic propaganda leaflet dropped by German aircraft along a Soviet front
Overview
- Brief Narrative
- This 1944 leaflet was directed at the Soviet Red Army soldiers and officers on the Finnish front, possibly near Narva in the northern region. The Red Army had lifted the siege of Leningrad in January 1944, and Soviet forces were advancing toward the Finnish Bay by May 1944.
- Date
-
publication/distribution:
1944
- Geography
-
use:
Europe
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
Physical Details
- Language
- Russian
- Classification
-
Information Forms
- Category
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Propaganda, German
- Object Type
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Leaflets (tgm)
- Genre/Form
- Fliers (printed matter)
- Physical Description
- Small, double-sided leaflet printed in Cyrillic font depicting a wounded soldier surrounded by caricatures of three men with stereotypically Jewish features. They are speaking to each other on telephone handsets, which are connected to one another by wires. Each man is seated on large sacks bearing text and what symbols indicating different types of money. On the reverse are several blocks of Cyrillic text.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 5.375 inches (13.653 cm) | Width: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Soviet Union. Finland.
- Corporate Name
- Red Army (Soviet Union)
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The leaflet was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-07 10:55:03
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn90149
