Lot 192
Collection of Antisemitic Postcards – Late 19th Century and Early 20th Century
Forty-three postcards with antisemitic caricatures and illustrations. Various publishers. Germany, Austria, France, England and elsewhere, [late 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century].
Antisemitic and humorous postcards mocking Jews. Including: · 20 undivided postcards, including three postcards published by A. Baasch (Paluen, Germany). One of them was sent by mail in 1899. · Six postcards published by Bund der Germanen with illustrations by V.A. Seidel. Vienna, [1919-1920]. Five of them, of the Wiener Judenpresse [Viennese Jewish Press] series, depict stereotypical Jewish figures on the front pages of Viennese newspapers. · "Gruss aus" postcards. Two of them from the island of Borkum with the antisemitic Borkum Song (Borkum-Lied) and an illustration depicting a celebration taking place at a hall while a Jewish family is denied entrance. · And more.
Several duplicate copies.
9X14 cm on average. Good-fair overall condition. Twelve of the postcards were used (pencil and pen writing, postmarks and postage stamps). Stains, creases and small tears to margins of several postcards.
