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Background: These are cover cartoons from Julius Streicher's Der Stürmer. Streicher, one of Hitler's earliest followers, published the paper from 1923 to 1945. During the Third Reich, Stürmer display cases were found all over Germany. Streicher was a thoroughly unsavory character, unpopular even with many fellow Nazis. Another page on the GPA has caricatures from before 1933.

For more information, see my brief history of Der Stürmer, or my book on Julius Streicher.


Caricatures from Der Stürmer

Der Stürmer caricature

Title: Away with Him

The long arm of the Ministry of Education pulls a Jewish teacher from his classroom.

March 1933 (Issue #12)

Der Stürmer caricature

This cartoon was published five months after Hitler took power. The title is "Revenge." The Nazi who shoves the Jew over the cliff says: "Go where you wanted me to go, you evil spirit."

June 1933 (Issue #22)

Der Stürmer caricature

Title: Rescue Expedition

Caption: Good God, let's try to find one corner of the earth where no one reads Der Stürmer.

May 1934 (Issue #18)

Der Stürmer caricature

This is the cover to the most infamous issue of Der Stürmer, the 1934 issue accusing Jews of practicing ritual murder to secure the blood of Christians to use in Jewish religious rituals. The headline reads: Jewish Murder Plan against Gentile Humanity Revealed. The issue actually got banned by the Nazis after it had been out for a while, not because of anti-Semitic content, but because it compared alleged Jewish ritual murder with the Christian sacrament of communion. A full English translation of the issue was published in the United States in 1976 by a group in the "Christian Identity" tradition.

Special Issue: May 1934

Der Stürmer caricature

Title: Legion of Shame

Caption:

Ignorant, lured by gold,
They stand disgraced in Judah's fold.
Souls poisoned, blood infected,
Disaster broods in their wombs.

August 1935 (Issue #37)

Der Stürmer caricature

Title: Loyalty

Caption:
The sword will not be sheathed.
The Stürmer stands as ever
In battle for the people and the fatherland.
It fights the Jews because it loves the people.

November 1935 (Issue # 48)

Der Stürmer caricature

Title: Unfruitful

Caption: "She belongs to the church, she belongs to Satan. Both are lost to the German race."

July 1936 (Issue #20)

Der Stürmer caricature

Title: The Decent Jew

The cartoon shows a Jew politely asking for room on the bench, after which he shoves the previous inhabitant off. The poem notes that Jews behave the same way in other situations.

July 1936 (Issue #28)

Der Stürmer caricature

Title: The Answer to the Scribes and Pharasees

The Nazis conducted several campaigns against the Church during the 1930's. The cartoon is titled "The 'Holy' Scripture." The accompanying article complains that German schoolchildren learn more about Jewish history than they do of German history.

October 1936 (Issue #44)

Der Stürmer caricature

Title: The Economy and Jewry

This issue accuses Jews of every manner of economic misdeed. The cartoon is titled "Demon Money." A Jewish monster, engraved with the Star of David and the symbols for the American dollar and British pound has its claws on the planet.

November 1937 (Issue #47)

Der Stürmer caricature

Title: The Land of Freedom

The cartoon caption: "Where one is ruled by the Jews, freedom is only an empty dream."

July 1939 (Issue #19)

Der Stürmer caricature

Title: Victory — Peace

The headline in red calls for the death penalty for a Jew accused of sexual relations with a German woman. The caption of the cartoon suggests that peace will prevail once the German sword has defeated the Jews.

April 1942 (Issue #14)

Der Stürmer caricature

Title: Anxiety

The cartoon shows the world's Jews fearful of the truth. The headline is on the racial defilement theme.

December 1942 (Issue #51)

Der Stürmer cover

Headline: The Mobilization of the People

The cartoon shows a photograph of a Jew captioned "Satan." Streicher regularly used the old religious argument that the Jews were in league with the Devil. This issue appeared as the last German troops in Stalingrad surrendered.

February 1943 (Issue #9)

Der Stürmer caricature
This is the freedom they promise us
The freedom we see where Judah rules,
Behind prison walls and bars,
Within a dark prison sits
A humanity that longs for true freedom
And longs for rescue and release.

17 June 1943 (Issue #25)

Der Stürmer caricature
Title: Time
Caption: Pan-Judah sees that time is running out.
What does it have to gain?
As time passes, the strength of that is growing
That will bring order out of chaos.

3 February 1944 (Issue #5)

Der Stürmer caricature

Title: Jewish Slaves

Caption: They are enslaved and ruined by the Jews.
Their joy and very soul is taken from them.
They long for Germany, where work enobles,
Where everyone recognizes its worth.

6 April 1944 (Issue #14)

Der Stürmer caricature

Title: Why?

Caption: Why, for what purpose is the blood flowing?
Behind the scenes, the Jew grins.
That makes the answer clear:
They bleed for the Jews.

18 May 1944 (Issue #29)

Der Stürmer caricature

Title: Vermin

Caption: Life is not worth living
When one does not resist the parasite,
Never satisfied as it creeps about.
We must and will win.

28 September 1944

 

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