Antisemitic Postcard Commemorating Anschluss

Authors

Object ID

2012.1.470

Object Name

Postcard

Date

3-13-1938

Files

Content Warning

The Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection consists of images, documents, and artifacts related to the Holocaust. The collection contains materials that depict a number of topics that may be difficult for viewers to engage with, including: antisemitic descriptions, caricatures, and representation of Jewish people; Nazi imagery and ideology; descriptions and images of German ghettos; graphic images of the violence of the Holocaust; and the creation of the State of Israel. For more information, see our policy page.

Description

Front: An illustration of a golden German map with a photograph of Hitler's face in profile pasted onto it. Caption reads: "13 Marz 1938. Ein Volk Ein Reich Ein Führer."Back: Green printed postcard lines and a painted red, black and white sticker depicting a muscular man with a swastika hammer ready to strike a snake with the head of A Jewish man. The caption reads, "Tod dem Marxismus. Her zu uns!"

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Annexation of Austria commemorative postcard with sticker verso depicting a muscular man with a swastika hammer ready to strike a snake with the head of a Jew. The caption reads, "Tod dem Marxismus. Her zu uns!" ("Death to Marxism. Join us!"). In Nazi ideology, Marxism and Judaism are indistinguishable foes.

Dimensions

5 3/4 x 4"

Keywords

Map, Reich Seal, Snake

Subcollection

Early, Propaganda

Recommended Citation

"Antisemitic Postcard Commemorating Anschluss" (1938). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.470.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1186