Cartoon postcard of a Jewish man napping in a boat surrounded by bulrushes

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 Jewish man napping in a boat surrounded by bulrushes 

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

This postcard 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 man napping in a small floating boat. He is balding, has stereotypical Jewish features including a large red nose and dark curly hair, and wears a red vest and blue trousers. His chin rests on his chest, his hands are clasped over his stomach, and a jug sits between his feet. Behind him on the left, a woman looks at him over a line of bulrushes. She has stereotypical Jewish features, including a large red nose and dark hair, and wears a red hair bow and red dress. The back has English text.