Image of Hitler sittin in an arm chair, having a conversation with the ghost of Napoleon who is standing in front of a fireplace with a portrait of Adolf Hitler over the mantel. Maps and Globes prominently present, Moscow, Africa, and US have been designated. Title in graphite, recto, in lower left corner
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The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Harold Shachner.
Leon Schleifer was born in 1900 in Germany. He served in the German army at the end of World War I (1914-1918). He became a political cartoonist and his work was published in the anti-Nazi press. He also specialized in courtroom trial sketches. After the appointment of Hitler as Chancellor in 1933, Schliefer emigrated to the United States. He changed his name to William Sharp and continued his career as an editorial cartoonist and illustrator. His work was published in the New York Times, Life Magazine, and other publications. He died in 1961, age sixty-one years.
overall: Height: 18.000 inches (45.72 cm) | Width: 14.880 inches (37.795 cm)
Drawing by William Sharp