Drawing by William Sharp
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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.
The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Ruth Sharp, the wife of William Sharp.
approximately 1930-1945
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Drawing by William Sharp
overall: Height: 14.380 inches (36.525 cm) | Width: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm)
Created by William Sharp, circa 1930-1945.
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Image of a man standing behind a pulpit gesturing to a refugee-looking man to his left and speaking. Shadowy figures in background. Top left corner has a white label with"2" typewritten on it.
English title centered on lower edge in graphite, recto.