Anti-Semitic German Sign "Juden Ist Die Benutzung der Parkbank Verboten" (Jews are Banned from Using the Park Bench

Authors

Object ID

2019.2.189

Object Name

Sign

Date

1934

Files

Content Warning

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Description

Black metal sign with "Juden Ist Die Benutzung der Parkbank Verboten" in white print.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Such signs were commonplace as an early measure in a progressive series of actions taken by the Third Reich to exclude Jews from public life, stripping away their citizenship, civil rights, and ability to earn a living.

Dimensions

5 x 7"

Keywords

Anti-Semitism

Subcollection

Early

Recommended Citation

"Anti-Semitic German Sign "Juden Ist Die Benutzung der Parkbank Verboten" (Jews are Banned from Using the Park Bench" (1934). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2019.2.189.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1517