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Antisemitic paper label: VE VANT VAR - Antisemitic label - “VE VANT VAR” - “We Want War” (in distorted spelling). A Star of David, part of which is emphasized to form the letter V - “Victory” - suggesting that the Jews were responsible for bringing the United States into the war, with all its severe economic consequences that allegedly served Jewish interests. United States, early 1940s. A small sticker featuring a Star of David with an emphasized V and the slogan “V Vant Var.” These stickers were distributed by fascists and isolationists in opposition to the “V for Victory” campaign, which they claimed was a scheme by international (Jewish) bankers to exploit another world war for their own benefit. One group that distributed the stickers was the “Friends of Progress, ” an antisemitic organization based in Los Angeles, founded by Robert Noble and Alice Jones. In a 1945 court case against members of the group for violating the Subversive Organizations Registration Act, witnesses testified that the stickers were sold in bundles at “Friends of Progress” meetings, that member James McBride distributed them, and that the sticker was seen on the desk of West Coast Bund leader Hermann Schwinn. In the November 1941 issue of The Beacon Light, the American fascist William Pelley published a lengthy article on the V campaign, explaining it as follows: “This V symbol represents the entry of America into the war, and everything that goes with it: excessive taxes, strikes, suppression of free speech, freedom of the press and civil liberties, along with panic, depression, investment losses, bank failures, etc., all punitive measures intended to bring about war or revolution or both. When the storm breaks, some will regret not having gone to Madagascar.” This threat referred to the early Nazi plan to forcibly transfer the European Jewish population to the island of Madagascar. Pelley mentions the slogan “Ve Vant Var” in his article. See also: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, record no. 2016.184.685. 8×6 cm. Very good condition.