Label Warning Supporters of Jews

Authors

Object ID

2021.1.42

Object Name

Label

Date

1934

Files

Content Warning

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Description

Circular red and white sticker with the text “Wir wachen” in center

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Rare circular label applied to doors of non-Jews who patronized Jewish-owned businesses, part of the overall Nazi effort to persecute Jews by intimidating non-Jewish Germans who do not boycott Jewish places of business. This label reads, “You bought from the Jew! We are watching.”

Dimensions

2 1/4" diameter

Keywords

Boycott

Subcollection

Early, Propaganda

Recommended Citation

"Label Warning Supporters of Jews" (1934). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2021.1.42.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1744