Cartoon postcard of a man with brass button eyes and nose

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. 

Cartoon postcard of a man with brass button eyes and nose 

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

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Postcard with a color cartoon of a smiling man with stereotypical Jewish features. He has large ears, nose, and lips and a dark, pointed goatee. Brass buttons cover his eyes and nose tip. He wears a brown hat with a flat crown and wide brim, frayed green coat, and rings on his right middle and left pinky fingers. He holds both hands up in a welcoming gesture. The back has English text.