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This postcard is one of more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic visual materials.
The postcard was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by the Katz Family.
Postcard of a Jewish student giving a wrong answer in class
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.
Postcard with a color cartoon of a young Jewish schoolboy in a classroom addressing his teacher. He has a hook nose, black curly hair, and red cheeks and is wearing a red striped shirt and shorts. His teacher is balding, wears pince-nez and a dark suit, and holds an open book. The boy stands on the left with his left hand raised. The teacher sits in a chair on the right with his eyes widened and mouth open. Behind the boy are 3 students sitting on a bench and another standing student. The drawing has a red border with blue English text above it. The back has English text.
overall: Height: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm)