F03_P01: Persecution of Jews

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Spungen Family Foundation - Holocaust Postal Collection

1939 August 8, Front side - Newspaper sent by Nazi regime to incite antisemitism in Germany.: White newspaper with printed elegant German in black ink. At the top right is a stereotyped depiction of a Jewish man surrounded by the Star of David. The cartoon was produced by Philip Rupprecht to accentuate Nazi stereotyping and incite antisemitism. Directly below the illustration is the newspaper title "Der Stürmer". At the center of the document is a tan receipt addressed after the purchase of an issue of Der Stürmer. The receipt features printed elegant German in blue ink. Additionally, there is a blue illustration from Philip Rupprecht with the same connotation at the one above. Below the illustration is a cancellation stamp dated August 10th. 1939. The letter 666 is marked in the top right corner with blue crayon. The archives are displayed above in the image overlapping due to the tan receipt being glued down to the white newspaper underneath.
1939 August 8, Front side - Newspaper sent by Nazi regime to incite antisemitism in Germany.

White newspaper with printed elegant German in black ink. At the top right is a stereotyped depiction of a Jewish man surrounded by the Star of David. The cartoon was produced by Philip Rupprecht to accentuate Nazi stereotyping and incite antisemitism. Directly below the illustration is the newspaper title "Der Stürmer". At the center of the document is a tan receipt addressed after the purchase of an issue of Der Stürmer. The receipt features printed elegant German in blue ink. Additionally, there is a blue illustration from Philip Rupprecht with the same connotation at the one above. Below the illustration is a cancellation stamp dated August 10th. 1939. The letter 666 is marked in the top right corner with blue crayon. The archives are displayed above in the image overlapping due to the tan receipt being glued down to the white newspaper underneath.

Name/Title

F03_P01: Persecution of Jews

Entry/Object ID

2007.3.1.a-b

Scope and Content

1939 August 8, newspaper sent by Nazi regime to incite antisemitism in Germany.

Context

Der Stürmer, a weekly mass-circulation newspaper, was the Nazis’ principal vehicle for antisemitic agitation in Germany. A key ingredient was the depiction of Jews in Philipp Rupprecht’s cartoons as ugly and revolting, with huge hooked noses, bulging eyes, large ears, swollen lips, unshaven beards, long hairy arms and hands, and short crooked legs. Special issues told lurid stories of ritual murder by Jews, Jewish criminality, the worldwide Jewish conspiracy, and Jewish sexual predation. Editor Julius Streicher was the Nazi Party’s most rabid antisemite. He was the chief organizer of the April 1, 1933, anti-Jewish boycott, and chief proponent of the Nuremberg anti-Jewish laws. In a 1938 article titled “War against the World Enemy,” Streicher called for the total destruction of the Jewish people. After World War II he was hanged as a war criminal. In large type across the bottom of the invoice is Der Stürmer’s slogan, “The Jews are our misfortune.” The paper’s logotype showed a cruel caricature of a Jewish man’s face framed by a Star of David, over the slogan, “Unless the Jewish question is solved, mankind is doomed.” August 10, 1939, postal checking account receipt for a one-month subscription payment to Der Stürmer, pasted to the invoice.

Collection

Nazi Scourge I: Primary Exhibition

Category

Newspaper, Receipt
Philatelic Material

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Newspaper

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Serial

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Receipt

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Financial Records

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

circa 1939 - Aug 1939

Primary Language

German

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Central Europe

Continent

Europe

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Measurement of the full length and width of the newspaper.

Width

5-1/16 in

Dimension Notes

Dimensions taken from the newspaper

Dimension Description

Measurements of the full length and width of the receipt.

Width

3-15/16 in

Length

4-1/8 in

Dimension Notes

Dimensions taken from the receipt.

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Region

Central Europe

Continent

Europe

Research Notes

Research Type

Curator

Person

C. Walrich

Date

Nov 11, 2025

Notes

For more information about Der Stürmer: https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/writing-the-news

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

C. Walrich - Updated (Nov 21 2025) C. Walrich - Updated (Nov 25 2025) C. Walrich - Updated Title (Feb 26 2026) C. Walrich - Back-Up Material (Mar 9 2026) C. Walrich - Back-Up PDF (May 5 2026)