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AUCTION 13 | Tuesday, June 26th, 2001 at 1:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts Together With Fine Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 105

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"Liberators." Anti-Semitic, anti-American propoganda poster mocking the "virtues" of Europe's soon-to-be liberators. Depicting a bizarre creature whose body is formed of various images of American "culture" including: the Ku Klux Klan, a Native American posing as Miss America, two African-Americans dancing above an inscription "Jitterbug- Triumph of Civilization", a Jew clutching a bag of money, a bloody bomb. The monster modestly covers itself with a loincloth featuring the Star of David. 535x725 mm.

Dutch, 1944.:

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,200

A striking document representing the anti-American, anti-Jewish sentiment pervasive in Europe in the final year of World War II.