German Antisemitic Postcard

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Object ID

2014.1.21

Object Name

Postcard

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Description

Front: A black and white illustration of three Jewish men playing music and singing to various laughing animals and children. [Howling Wolf]Back: Black printed postcard lines.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: An early postally unused antisemitic postcard, a cartoonish sendup of Eastern Jews and their music, entitled “howling wolf.” Caricatures of three Jewish musicians playing their instruments while animals are howling and children are laughing gleefully.

Dimensions

3 9/16 x 5 1/2"

Keywords

Antisemitic

Subcollection

Philatelic

Recommended Citation

"German Antisemitic Postcard" (2015). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.21.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/344

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