us-005578-irn537029-irn543885
type: RecordSet
archival history: The poster was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by the Katz Family.
biographical history: The Katz Ehrenthal Collection is a collection of more than 900 objects depicting Jews and antisemitic and anti-Jewish propaganda from the medieval to the modern era, in Europe, Russia, and the United States. The collection was amassed by Peter Ehrenthal, a Romanian Holocaust survivor, to document the pervasive history of anti-Jewish hatred in Western art, politics and popular culture. It includes crude folk art as well as pieces created by Europe's finest craftsmen, prints and periodical illustrations, posters, paintings, decorative art, and toys and everyday household items decorated with depictions of stereotypical Jewish figures.
physical characteristics and technical requirements: Poster of the front page of an Italian newspaper with a caricature of Eleanor Roosevelt with bright red hair, a forked, snakelike tongue, and Star of David earrings, with the quote: the"a dir le mie / virtu' / basta un / sorris" "To say the least, my virtue is just a smile].
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
has beginning date: 1940-01-01
has end date: 1945-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: ita
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn543885
is or was included in: us-005578-irn537029
record resource extent: overall: Height: 42.250 inches (107.315 cm) | Width: 29.500 inches (74.93 cm)
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: This poster is one of more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic visual materials.
title: Anti-American poster with fork tongued Eleanor Roosevelt in Star of David earrings