"Poisonous Mushrooms" – Illustrated Antisemitic Children's Booklet – Paris, Early 1940s

"Poisonous Mushrooms" – Illustrated Antisemitic Children's Booklet – Paris, Early 1940s
Champignons veneneux, danger de mort!! [Poisonous mushrooms, danger of death!!], illustrated antisemitic children's booklet. [Paris]: N.E.F (Nouvelles Éditions Françaises), [early 1940s]. French.
The booklet is designed as a plant guide of sorts – each page displays a different "poisonous mushroom" (caricature of a famous Jewish man in the form of a mushroom), its scientific name (a distortion of the man's name) and explanations about its detrimental effect. The illustrations depict Alfred Dreyfus, French Prime Minister Leon Blum, French politician Moïse Lévy and others. The last caricature in the booklet depicts Joseph Stalin; the text on the facing page reads: "In conclusion: 14 Jews or friends of Jews = 14 poisons".
The booklet was printed as part of the antisemitic campaign of the Vichy regime, parallel to the opening of the exhibition "The Jew and France" in Paris. The exhibition, organized by the Institute for the Study of Jewish Questions (IEQJ) with support of the German Propaganda Office (Propagandastaffel), took place from September 1941 to January 1942.
This booklet is largely similar in theme to the antisemitic children's book "The Poisonous Mushroom", published by the Nazi weekly Der Stürmer (Nuremberg, 1938), portraying Jews as poisonous mushrooms (see previous item).
[16] pp (not including cover), 21X13.5 cm. Good condition. Creases and minor stains.
Not in NLI.