Postmarked postcard making fun of the accent of a Jewish father eating with his son

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. 

The postcard was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by the Katz Family. 

Postmarked postcard making fun of the accent of a Jewish father eating with his son 

overall: Height: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) 

This postcard is one of more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic visual materials. 

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Color illustration postcard of a boy on the left eating a meal with his father on the right. They are behind a table in a room with a large window on the left. Both have stereotypical Jewish large noses and dark, curly hair. He wears a jacket and red shirt. His father wears a jacket and red striped vest. He cuts his food and elbows his father’s shoulder. The father looks at him in surprise while holding food to his mouth on a knife. The back has 2 postmarks, a note and address, and a green 1 cent United States postage stamp with an image of Benjamin Franklin. back, top center, in circle, stamped, black ink : FINDLAY / DEC 4 / 9 – PM / 19 10 / OHIO back, top right, black ink : 15- back, left, cursive, black ink : I don’t know what / to do with this card / so I’ll send it / to you / C[?]yd back, right, cursive, black ink : Mr. W. R. Hickvinell / Box 63 / Tarr / Pa.