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A German Anti-Semitic Beer Stein, late 19th Century
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Late 19th-century ceramic beer stein with designs celebrating well-known antisemitic politicians, amid scenes of caricatured Jews growing rich by abusing, cheating, and stealing from Germans on the stein's upper half.
On the lower half, the stein ends with scenes foretelling the expulsion of the Jews by 1910. The stein was distributed in 1893 in Cologne, Germany.
The constitution of the newly unified Germany, adopted in 1871, emancipated all Jews. The following decades saw a surge in anti-Semitism. It was more vicious and openly expressed, and became a popular cause for several political parties.
The lid and handle are decorated with portraits of seven antisemitic German politicians. All were elected to the Reichstag as representatives of either the Berlin Movement, an association of anti-Jewish, anti-liberal, anti-capitalist groups, or the German Reform Party, a conservative political party whose main goal was to repeal Jewish emancipation.
This beer stein was not something that the Germans put on their shelves, they openly used them to go to drink with their buddies at the local beer garden and would display these items to all in plain view promoting Anti-Semitism.
This Beer Stein can be seen in the online collection of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum:
Accession Number: 2016.184.641
- Dimensions:Height: 8.67 in (22 cm)Width: 5.44 in (13.8 cm)Depth: 4.34 in (11 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:19th century
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU5281240028052
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