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    Title

  • 12000 Juden fielen im Kampf

  • Physical Description

    1 poster : color, facsimile ; 95 x 71 cm

  • Date

    1924

  • Place of Publication

    Berlin :

  • Notes

    Poster is a reproduction from the book "Anschläge : deutsche Plakate als Dokumente der Zeit, 1900-1960 ; 122 Blatt in den Druck- und Papierfarben der Originale," cataloged in the LBI Library under call number r (f) DD 232.5 A7 1963.

  • Summary

    Poster shows an image of a mother by a grave for 12,000 Jewish soldiers that fell in the war. There is an Iron Cross over the grave. There is text on the grave and text on the bottom half of the poster.

  • Subject

    Jewish soldiers, Germany; World War, 1914-1918, Participation, Jewish; Posters, Facimiles

  • Place

    Germany

  • Genre

    Political posters

  • Medium

    Posters, German, 1920-1930; Posters, Genre

  • Part Of

    Anschläge: Deutsche Plakate als Dokumente der Zeit 1900-1960, r (f) DD 232.5 A7 1963

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

The Bund jüdischer Frontkämpfer, a German Jewish veteran group, tries to keep the campaign for the 1924 Reichstag election free of anti-Semitic slander. Points made on the poster include: at the outbreak of war in 1914, more than 10,000 German Jews volunteered for the army; during the war, more than 2,000 were appointed officers, and nearly 30,000 were decorated.

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Citation

12000 Juden fielen im Kampf, Leo Baeck Institute, r (f) DD 232.5 A7 1963 [II.27].