.1 Lobby card printed on rectangular, off-white paper for the film, “None Shall Escape.” The card has a light red background and a narrow, white border on all four sides. On the right side of the card is a collage of images, including a Nazi officer threatening a woman, a man being restrained by three Nazi officers, and a smaller-scale image of a Nazi officer carrying an unconscious woman. On the left, overlaying the images in the center is the film title, printed in large, yellow text, outlined in black. A disembodied hand with a pointed index finger emerges from the center of the film title. In the upper left corner is a blue box containing black text, and in the bottom left corner is a black box containing white text. Along the bottom edge are the film credits and production company logo, printed in dark blue ink. Copyright and printing information is in blue within the bottom margin. There are pinholes along the top and bottom and light ink transfer on the back. Depicted: Ruth Nelson as Alice Grimm, Alexander Knox as Wilhelm Grimm, Erik Rolf as Karl Grimm, others unidentified .2 Lobby card printed on rectangular, off-white paper for the film, “None Shall Escape.” The card has a large photographic image on a shaded red background and a narrow, white border on all four sides. The central image depicts a uniformed Nazi officer on the left, pointing a pistol at a man flanked by two women in a lineup, their hands behind their backs. The woman on the left is wearing a black skirt and a light green blouse that is torn, revealing a white camisole underneath. The man in the center is wearing a gray suit, and the woman on the right is wearing a dark green skirt, and a high-necked, white, button-up blouse. In the bottom left corner is a yellow amorphous shape, outlined in black and containing the film title in black. A light red, disembodied hand with a pointed index finger emerges from the left of the title, and to the right is an illustration of a Nazi officer carrying an unconscious woman. In the bottom margin is a caption and copyright information is printed in blue text, as well as the studio logo, printed in red. There are several pinholes in the upper left corner, as well as others along the margins. Left to right: Alexander Knox as Wilhelm Grimm, Dorothy Morris as Janina Pacierkowski, Erik Rolf as Karl Grimm, Marsha Hunt as Marja Pacierkowski .3 Lobby card printed on rectangular, off-white paper for the film, “None Shall Escape.” The card has a large photographic image in the center and a narrow white border on all four sides. The central image depicts a woman in a red, lace-trimmed dress on the left, with her left elbow raised in front of her face. She is being threatened by a uniformed Nazi officer, who is gripping her raised forearm. Behind the officer, a man in a three-piece brown suit and wire glasses is being restrained by three other uniformed Nazi officers. They are standing in the entrance to an apartment, with an open door, coat hooks, and an empty writing desk in the background. In the bottom left corner is a yellow amorphous shape, outlined in black and containing the film title in black. A light red, disembodied hand with a pointed index finger emerges from the left of the title, and to the right is an illustration of a Nazi officer carrying an unconscious woman. In the bottom margin is a caption and copyright information is printed in blue text, as well as the studio logo, printed in red. There are several pinholes in the center of the upper and lower margins. Depicted: Ruth Nelson as Alice Grimm, Alexander Knox as Wilhelm Grimm, Erik Rolf as Karl Grimm, others unidentified .4 Lobby card printed on rectangular, off-white paper for the film “None Shall Escape.” The card has a large photographic image in the center with a yellow background and a narrow white border on all four sides. The central image depicts a man in dark clothing, kneeling over a wooden wheelbarrow loaded with light gray stone. Looming over him are two uniformed Nazi officers, one holding a whip, the other on a motorcycle. In the bottom left corner is a yellow amorphous shape, outlined in black and containing the film title in black. A light red, disembodied hand with a pointed index finger emerges from the left of the title, and to the right is an illustration of a Nazi officer carrying an unconscious woman. In the bottom margin is a caption and copyright information is printed in blue text, as well as the studio logo, printed in red. There are several pinholes in the center of the upper and lower margins. Depicted: unidentified .5 Lobby card printed on rectangular, off-white paper for the film, “None Shall Escape.” The card has a large photographic image in the center and a narrow, white border on all four sides. The central image depicts a scene with three men and two women inside a church. At the bottom center of the image is a woman in a pink blouse, laid out on the floor with her eyes closed. Kneeling over her on the left is a priest, wearing a light blue vestment and holding an open pocket-sized book. Kneeling on the right is a woman in a black jacket and red scarf covering her hair. Standing behind her are two men in blue and brown suits, both partially out of frame. They all have their heads turned and are looking at something off in the distance. In the bottom left corner is a yellow amorphous shape, outlined in black and containing the film title in black. A light red hand with a pointed index finger emerges from the left of the title, and to the right is an illustration of a Nazi officer carrying an unconscious woman. In the bottom margin is a caption and copyright information is printed in blue text, as well as the studio logo, printed in red. There are several pinholes in the center of the upper and lower margins. Left to right: Henry Travers as Father Warecki, Dorothy Morris as Janina Pacierkowski, Marsha Hunt as Marja Pacierkowski, Frank Jaquet as Dr. Matek, other unidentified .6 Lobby card printed on rectangular, off-white paper for the film, “None Shall Escape.” The card has a large photographic image in the center and a narrow, white border on all four sides. The central image depicts a scene inside a courtroom. Sitting in the foreground, depicted from the waist up, are a woman in a dark blue jacket and red headscarf, alongside a priest. Behind them is a half-wall with a man sitting behind it in a raised position. He wears a brown suit and wire-rimmed glasses, and is leaning slightly forward and glaring in the same direction as the others, to the left and in the distance. An officer in a military uniform, is standing in the background, next to blue curtains. In the bottom left corner is a yellow amorphous shape, outlined in black and containing the film title in black. A light red, disembodied hand with a pointed index finger emerges from the left of the title, and to the right is an illustration of a Nazi officer carrying an unconscious woman. In the bottom margin is a caption and copyright information is printed in blue text, as well as the studio logo, printed in red. The edges of the paper are discolored and there is adhesive residue, likely from tape, on the back. Depicted Marsha Hunt as Marja Pacierkowski, Henry Travers as Father Warecki, Erik Rolf as Karl Grimm, other unidentified
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The Cinema Judaica Collection consists of more than 1,200 objects relating to films about World War II and the Holocaust as well as Jewish, Israeli, and biblical subjects, from 1923 to 2000, from the United States, Europe, Israel, Canada, Mexico, and Argentina. The collection was amassed by film memorabilia collector Ken Sutak, to document Holocaust-and Jewish-themed movies of the World War II era and the postwar years. The collection includes posters, lobby and photo cards, scene stills, pressbooks, trade ads, programs, magazines, books, VHS tapes, DVDS, and 78 rpm records. Sutak organized these materials into two groups, “Cinema Judaica: The War Years, 1939–1949” and “Cinema Judaica: The Epic Cycle, 1950–1972” and, in conjunction with the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Museum (now the Dr. Bernard Heller Museum in New York), organized exhibitions on these two themes in 2007 and 2008. Sutak subsequently authored companion books with the same titles.
The lobby card was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Ken Sutak and Sherri Venokur.
.1: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) .2: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) .3: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) .4: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) .5: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm) .6: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 14.000 inches (35.56 cm)
Set of six lobby cards for the film, “None Shall Escape,” released by Columbia Pictures in 1944. Lobby cards are promotional materials placed in theater lobby windows to highlight specific movie scenes, rather than the broader themes often depicted on posters. “None Shall Escape” was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Story. The film jumps between a fictionalized post-World War II war crimes trial of a Nazi officer from Poland, and the events leading up to and during the war. The man is embittered after Germany’s defeat in World War I, becomes a follower of Adolf Hitler, rises in the ranks of the Nazi party, and returns to terrorize his home village. The film was inspired by President Franklin Roosevelt’s announcement that the United Nations’ intention of identifying Nazi leaders, and called for them to be tried for war crimes. It not only depicted the Nazi persecution of women, but also their persecution of Jews. The film depicted the mass killing of Jews by German machine gunners, and featured a rabbi as a central character. Although the film was released 15 months before the end of the war, it bore strong parallels to the 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann, following his capture in Argentina by the Israeli Mossad. Unlike the Nuremburg trials, the Eichmann trial featured the testimonies of Holocaust survivors. This object is one of more than 1,200 objects in the Cinema Judaica Collection of materials related to films about World War II and the Holocaust as well as Jewish, Israeli, and biblical themes.
Set of six lobby cards for the film “None Shall Escape” (1944)