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Title	WANTED: GERMAN SABOTEUR: Joseph Schmidt
Description	This is an official FBI "WANTED" poster from 1942. The potential criminal being sought is Joseph Schmidt (a.k.a. Paul Schmidt; a.k.a. Jerry Swenson), who is described as a "German saboteur". The poster includes two mug-shot photos of Schmidt, taken October 18, 1940 (possibly in Canada -- the identifying card in front of Schmidt's face says "Edmonton"). A detailed physical description of Schmidt is provided, down to his "tobacco stained" teeth and "high pitched voice". The reader is instructed: "If you are in possession of any information concerning the whereabouts of [Schmidt], communicate immediately in person or by telephone or telegraph 'collect' to the undersigned or to the nearest office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Department of Justice..." Contact information for FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover is provided at the bottom of the poster. 16 x 10.5 in.
Subject	United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972 United States. Dept. of Justice Sabotage Subversive activities Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei National socialism
Keywords	FBI; Nazi; National Socialist German Workers' Party; Joseph Schmidt; Paul Schmidt; Jerry Swenson;
Location	Washington (D.C.)
Date	1942-07-25
Photographer/Author	United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Donors and Others	Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles
Media	Bulletin
Media Measurement	40.5 x 256.5 cm
Identifier	CRCms177
Language	eng
Type	image text
Format	image/jpeg text/jpeg
Repository Name	Delmar T. Oviatt Library. Urban Archives Center
Collection	Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles Collection
Repository Number	Box CRC/2 (OV) 249-15
Exhibition information	Case 14, #17
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Project Name	In Our Own Backyard: Resisting Nazi Propaganda in Southern California, 1933-1945
Date Digitized	2007-12-13
Date cataloged	2007-12-13
Publisher	Delmar T. Oviatt Library

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