Postcard with a color illustration of a judge in a white full bottom wig and black robe seated behind a court bench and looking at a man in a red jacket on the right. He scowls and holds a pen to a thick ledger. A poster with a coat of arms hangs on the wall behind him. The other man has stereotypical Jewish features, including thick eyebrows, hooded eyes, and a large nose. His mouth is open and his oversized, crudely drawn hands are held out by his shoulders. English text is printed on the bottom and the back. back, top right, black ink : T [Jen?]
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The postcard was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by the Katz Family.
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.
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.
Postcard of a judge questioning a Jewish man in court