us-005578-irn515265-irn515267
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has record set type: Item
identifier: irn515267
record resource extent: overall: Height: 18.375 inches (46.673 cm) | Width: 13.750 inches (34.925 cm)
physical characteristics and technical requirements: Poster in black ink on paper with a caricature of an oversized man, standing with rolled up shirtsleeves, brandishing a long whip labeled Giudaismo [Judaism] in his raised right hand. He wears a checked shirt, high waisted cuffed pants, and oxfords. He has pronounced Jewish features: curly hair, thick eyebrows, a short forked beard with a trim mustache, an extremely long, hooked nose, and open, fleshy lips. The tops have caricatured faces: on the left is a man with a long face, pince nez, and teeth gritted in a smile, Roosevelt; the next face is smaller, bald with a set mouth and circular glasses, Gaspari; then a round, bald face, frowning and clenching a cigar, Churchill, and finally, a stern looking man with thick black hair, unibrow, and mustache, Stalin. The title is in Italian across the bottom. See 2016.184.357 for another version of this poster.
is or was included in: us-005578-irn515265
scope and content: Antisemitic, anti-Allies poster acquired by Raymond Rocca in 1945 when he was a United States soldier serving in Rome, Italy. The poster depicts a Jewish man using a whip to spin dreidels with caricatures of the Allied leaders, Franklin Roosevelt, Alcide De Gasperi, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin. Italy, under the Fascist dictatorship of Mussolini, was an Axis member and entered World War II (1939-1945) as an ally of Germany. In May 1943, the Axis campaign in North Africa collapsed and they surrendered to the Allies. That July, Allied forces invaded Sicily. Mussolini was arrested by his own government and, in September, Italy unconditionally surrendered to the Allies. Germany then occupied north and central Italy. They launched an offensive that confined Allied troops to the south for 20 months marked by the most ferocious battles of the war. The German SS launched systematic deportations of Jews and engaged in severe reprisals against Italian partisans and civilians. The Allies broke the stalemate in late spring 1944, but never won a decisive victory. The war ended with Germany's surrender in May 1945.
date: approximately 1944-1945
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
archival history: The poster was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1998 by Mary Rocca, wife of Raymond Rocca.
title: The Jew Having Fun Poster of a Jewish man whipping tops with faces of Allied leaders
has or had some members with language: ita
has or had identifier: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn515265-irn515267/alternateIDs/1
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn515265-irn515267/acquisitions/1
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
has or had holder: us-005578