us-005578-irn82307-irn9600
type: RecordSet
physical characterisitics and technical requirements: a=drawing; b=tracing paper Image of an American soldier carrying a bayonet and stomping on a Nazi and Japanese flag; a pair of oustretched hands in the lower right corner reach up to him; black and red ink; tracing paper over top of image lower edge, left of center, recto, in graphite," over the Top --now"
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
date: approximately 1930-1945
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has record set type: Item
history: The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Harold Shachner.
history: 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.
identifier: irn9600
is or was included in: us-005578-irn82307
record resource extent: overall: Height: 25.000 inches (63.5 cm) | Width: 19.000 inches (48.26 cm)
results or resulted from: 1
title: Drawing by William Sharp