Postcard for “The Eternal Jew” Antisemitic Exhibition, Vienna, 1938

Authors

Object ID

2012.1.480

Object Name

Postcard

Date

1-1-1943

Files

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Description

A white postcard with an illustration of a fat man in a suit wearing glasses and a hat over a wooden bar.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

To further promote Nazi antisemitic objectives, a travelling exhibition named “Der Ewige Jude” ("The Eternal Jew") was created in 1937. It appeared in five cities during the following eighteen months. The exhibition depicted Jews - their clothes, facial characteristics, cultural items and art - in every conceivable negative and unfavorable way, and markedly “degenerate” in contrast to the Nazi aryan ideal. This antisemitic postcard bears the red cachet "Zugelassen fuer Austellung: Der ewige Jude."

Dimensions

5 1/2 x 3 1/2"

Keywords

Vienna, Propaganda, Caricature

Subcollection

Early, Propaganda

Recommended Citation

"Postcard for “The Eternal Jew” Antisemitic Exhibition, Vienna, 1938" (1943). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.480.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1196