Auction 17
Anti-Semitism, the Holocaust and She'erit Ha-Pleita
Sep 21, 2011
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel
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LOT 15:
"In the Cage" - Anti-Semitic Leaf - Berlin, 1919
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"In the Cage" - Anti-Semitic Leaf - Berlin, 1919
Im Kֳ₪fig [in the cage]. Single leaf printed by J. Pelzer, Berlin, 1919. German.
The heading of the leaf reads "Helft dieses Blatt in massen verbreiten!" - "Help to distribute this leaf to the masses", under this heading appears an illustration by Theodor Leisser depicting thin German citizens, clad in worn clothes and imprisoned in a cage bearing the sign "Do not feed", outside the cage stand the captors - two fat Jews wearing suits and top hats. Many sentences disgracing Jews. On the reverse are citations from the bible and the Talmud. The caricature published in Berliner Tageblatt newspaper on May 1919. In the 1930s, the newspaper became the official paper of the Nazi Party. 32x24 cm. Fair-poor condition. Folding marks, tears and stains. Handwritten comments.
