Media Essay
Racism (Abridged Article) - Photograph
Antisemitism illustration from a Nazi film strip
An antisemitic illustration from a Nazi film strip. The caption, translated from German, states: "As an alien race Jews had no civil rights in the middle ages. They had to reside in a restricted section of town, in a ghetto." Place and date uncertain.
Item ViewCharting the German Jewish population
Chart showing the breakdown of Jews and Jews of "mixed race" (Mischlinge) within the total German population of 1939.
Item ViewNazi racial charts
Nazi racial charts. Germany, between 1935 and 1945.
Item ViewChart illustrating the Nuremberg Laws
Chart illustrating the Nuremberg laws. The figures represent Germans, Jews, and Mischlinge. Germany, 1935.
Item ViewPublic humiliation for alleged "race defilement"
In this photograph, a young man who allegedly had illicit relations with a Jewish woman is marched through the streets for public humiliation. Flanked by German police officers, he has been forced to wear a sign that reads, "I am a defiler of the race." These events were calculated to both punish the so-called offenders and to make a public example of them as a deterrent to others who might not fully subscribe to Nazi racial theory. Norden, Germany, July 1935.
Item ViewNazi propaganda photo depicts friendship between an "Aryan" and a black woman.
Nazi propaganda photo depicts friendship between an "Aryan" and a black woman. The caption states: "The result! A loss of racial pride." Germany, prewar.
Item ViewPropaganda illustration from a Nazi film strip. The caption states, in German: "The Jew is a bastard."
Propaganda illustration from a Nazi film strip. The caption states, in German: "The Jew is a bastard." The illustration links Jews with others the Nazis deemed inferior—eastern peoples, blacks, Mongols, and east Africans.
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