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US anti-Nazi boycott stamp with a Star of David and a Nazi wolf

Object | Accession Number: 2014.505.1
2014.505.1 front US anti-Nazi boycott stamp with a Star of David and a Nazi wolf Click to enlarge

Red, white, and blue single poster stamp or sticker issued to promote a boycott of Hitler. It depicts a snarling Nazi dog barred from entering a chained gate marked brotherhood of man, guarded by an American eagle. After Hitler came to power in Germany in January 1933, several organizations in the United States sponsored campaigns urging people to not buy or support Nazi related products. Among the groups calling for boycotts of Nazi Germany were the American League for the Defense of Jewish Rights, the Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League to Champion Human Rights, and the Joint Boycott Council.

Date
issue:  approximately 1938-1945
undated: 
Geography
issue: United States
Language
English
Classification
Posters
Category
Anti-Nazi propaganda
Object Type
Poster stamps (lcsh)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, The Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Acquisition Fund

About This Object

Physical Description
Square poster stamp on white paper with a red, white, and blue graphic design. The slogan is printed across the top. Below on the left is a chained gate with a blue background and a spread wing American eagle perched on a shield, above a brotherhood of mankind sign, with another slogan at the bottom. On the top right is a blue panel with a white Star of David; below are 2 tablets with Roman numerals for the 10 Commandments on a red background, partly blocked by a snarling dog or wolf, in left profile, with a swastika band around its midsection. It has 2 perforated edges where it was separated from a sheet of stamps.
Dimensions
overall: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm)
Materials
overall : paper, ink
Markings
front, top caption, red and blue ink : Boycott [reverse swastika symbol] Hitler! / not germany / brotherhood of mankind / nazi products not wanted!

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The stamp was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014.
Funding Note
The acquisition of this artifact was made possible by the Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Acquisition Fund.
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: 2022-05-06 10:57:50
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