Overview
- Brief Narrative
- 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
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issue:
approximately 1938-1945
undated:
- Geography
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issue:
United States
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, The Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Acquisition Fund
- Markings
- front, top caption, red and blue ink : Boycott [reverse swastika symbol] Hitler! / not germany / brotherhood of mankind / nazi products not wanted!
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Classification
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Posters
- Category
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Anti-Nazi propaganda
- Object Type
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Poster stamps (lcsh)
- 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
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- 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.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-18 10:39:49
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn90230
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