Object ID
2019.2.189
Object Name
Sign
Date
1934
Files
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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
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