us-005578-irn537029-irn544886
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has or had holder: us-005578
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn537029-irn544886/acquisitions/1
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has or had some members with language: deu
title: Illustrated postcard of a policeman arresting 2 Jewish vagrants
record resource extent: overall: Height: 7.250 inches (18.415 cm) | Width: 8.625 inches (21.908 cm) pictorial area: Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 4.875 inches (12.383 cm)
archival history: The postcard was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by the Katz Family.
has end date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1888-12-31
identifier: irn544886
scope and content: Picture postcard of two Jewish beggars being arrested done in the style of J. Gehrts. This postcard is one of more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic visual materials.
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.
is or was included in: us-005578-irn537029
has beginning date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1888-01-01
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
has or had identifier: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn537029-irn544886/alternateIDs/1
physical characteristics and technical requirements: Postcard reproduction of an ink illustration of a policeman grabbing the collars of 2 men wearing patched clothing and crumpled top hats. It is adhered to brown paper covered cardboard with an offwhite, gold border paper mat, now torn, with German text. It is in a shiny, black painted, pressed cardboard frame with scalloped edges.