Anti-Semitism Postcards

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591 Online

DESCRIPTION

The holdings consist of rare individual postcards and postcard series published and printed in several countries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The illustrations are vehemently anti-Semitic, portraying Jews as manipulative and dangerous and promoting ridicule, expulsion, and violence. Card languages include German, French, Russian, Hungarian, Czech, and English.

DATES

1890-1930

PROVENANCE

The collection was acquired in 2005 from a New York–based antique dealer.

HIGHLIGHTS

"Frenchmen! The Jew! That is your enemy!," ca. 1900

"Frenchmen! The Jew! That is your enemy!," ca. 1900

"To my dear Jews," ca. 1910-1920

"To my dear Jews," ca. 1910-1920

"From vulture to Meier," 1901

"From vulture to Meier," 1901

"Lion family," ca. 1900

"Lion family," ca. 1900

"A cross on the world," ca. 1910

"A cross on the world," ca. 1910

Silhouette of a Jewish man, ca. 1910

Silhouette of a Jewish man, ca. 1910

Horse with payot, ca. 1912

Horse with payot, ca. 1912

Map of Eastern Europe shaped like a caricatured Jewish face, ca. 1890s-1910s

Map of Eastern Europe shaped like a caricatured Jewish face, ca. 1890s-1910s

Grotesque composite illustration of a Jewish face, captioned "Gaudeamus Isidor!," early 20th cent.

Grotesque composite illustration of a Jewish face, captioned "Gaudeamus Isidor!," early 20th cent.

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