"Trust No Fox in the Green Meadow and No Jew on His Oath" – Illustrated Antisemitic Children's Book – Nuremberg, 1936

"Trust No Fox in the Green Meadow and No Jew on His Oath" – Illustrated Antisemitic Children's Book – Nuremberg, 1936
Trau keinem Fuchs auf grüner Heid und keinem Jud bei seinem Eid! [Trust No Fox in the Green Meadow and No Jew on His Oath!], by Elvira Bauer. Nuremberg: Stürmer, 1936. German.
This book is the first of three antisemitic children's book published by the Nazi weekly Der Stürmer – a newspaper published by senior member of the Nazi party Julius Streicher. The book was written by Elvira Bauer, an 18-year-old art student, and contains ten rhymed poems, accompanied by colorful illustrations by the "house illustrator" of Der Stürmer – Philipp Rupprecht, who published his works under the pseudonym "Fips".
The poems in this book were printed in the warning colors of red and black and presented young children with a variety of antisemitic messages about the attributes of Jews, their origin and ways to easily Identify them. The poems include: "The Jews' Father is the Devil", "The Eternal Jew", "Jewish Names", "The Jewish Lawyer", "The Jewish Physician" and more. The last poem in the book, "The Führer's Boys", depicts the Aryan children of Nazi Germany watching as the last of the Jews leave Germany. The book ends with Der Stürmer's motto, coined by Heinrich Gotthard Freiherr von Treitschke: "The Jews are our misfortune!"
Upon its publication, the book achieved tremendous success in Nazi Germany, went through seven editions, with a hundred thousand of its copies being in circulation, and was used as a textbook by many schools. Two of its creators – the publisher Julius Streicher and the illustrator Philipp Rupprecht – were tried at the Nuremberg Trials for their role in disseminating antisemitic propaganda. Streicher was sentenced to death and Rupprecht to a long jail term. This book was presented as evidence to the court. The author, Elvira Bauer, disappeared after the war, never to be found.
[22] leaves, approx. 24.5X19.5 cm. Good condition. Several stains. Original boards (pictorial paper cover, with canvas spine and edges), with scuffs and minor blemishes. Inked stamps to inside front board and to two pages (on the margins. Not affecting text or illustrations). Handwritten signature to corner of title page.