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Title: "At the Wailing Wall." Two Jews are
talking:
- "My son says they are wailing in Germany too."
- "Our people?"
- "No, they're laughing."
The claim is that Jews are prospering amid Germany's economic
hardships. (1st April issue, 1931)
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Title: "The Season at German Theaters."
Caption: "Faster, Jean. The Nazis have already
smelled our manure."
The claim is that German theaters are offering morally objectionable
plays. The Nazis often presented themselves as protectors of
the purity of German culture. (15 April 1931)
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Title: : "We".
Caption: Right and Left, outdated concepts! A new man
forms a new era!"
A huge Nazi stands on representatives of parties of the political
left and right. The cartoon is by Mjölnir, the pen name
for Hans Schweitzer, the most prominent Nazi poster artist and
cartoonist. (4 November 1931)
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Title: "United Front of the SPD [Socialist
Party] and KPD [Communist
Party]"
Caption: "Heinrich Heine: "Once we found
ourselves in the muck, we understood each other immediately."
The Nazis viewed both the Socialists and Communists as Marxists.
Here representatives of the two parties stand together. In the
background, a murdered Nazi. (2 December 1931)
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Caption: "The Internationale fights for 'human
rights'."
A large fist named "Red Murder" holds a dagger above
a pile of Nazi corpses. There were hundreds of dead in both the
Nazi and opposing camps. This Mjölnir cartoon suggests that
Nazis were but innocent victims of political violence. (3 February
1932)
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Caption: "Battling the Weeds."
A Nazi lops off the heads of his political opponents. This
was published shortly before the 31 July 1932 Reichstag election.
(13 July 1932)
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