Antisemitic dollar bill. France, [c. 1942].

Antisemitic dollar bill. France, [c. 1942].

"The dollar bill does not smell, the Jew does" - An antisemitic dollar bill accusing the Jews of driving the American economy, and controlling American money for war. France 1942.

On the inside of the "note" are antisemitic inscriptions against the US Jewish Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau: "The United States Secretary of the Treasury is a junior Jew". The center of the note inside a yellow Star of David reads: "This note is not valid without Morgenthau's signature", and the accusation of the Jews at the outbreak of the war: "Is this dollar that the Anglo-Americans send us enough to compensate us for the misery of the Jewish war?", and against the Jews in general:"the dollar bill does not smell, the Jew does", and more.

These "banknotes" were thrown from planes flying over Paris as part of a German propaganda campaign linking Jewish conspiracy to strengthen the United States in a campaign against Germany. The streets were filled with dollar bills that at first glance seemed real and made the crowd run and collect them, and when these were collected it turned out that these were manipulative bills detailing how the Jew controls the American currency. See also Holocaust Museum in Washington Record No. 2006.96.1 -  here

Open - 31x7 cm. Slight stains. Good condition.