Postcard of an aroused man in a nightshirt

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. 

Postcard of an aroused man in a nightshirt 

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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Postcard with a caricature of a man standing in left profile in a long-sleeved nightshirt that is raised in a peak over his groin. He is balding and has a pointy beard and stereotypically Jewish facial features, including hooded eyes and a very large nose. His mouth is open with the corners turned up and he raises his right index finger to his bottom lip. A chamber pot is on the ground by his bare feet. English text is printed at the bottom and on the back.