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The Poisonous Mushroom

Der Giftpilz [the poisonous mushroom], published by Der Stürmer Verlag [the Nazi anti-Semitic publishing house of Julius Streicher]. This book was designed by Fips - Phillip Rupprecht (1900-1975), who joined the Nazi Party in 1929, was employed by Der Stürmer from 1925 to 1945 and was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment after the war. This antisemitic children’s book was published in Germany in 1938, before the Holocaust.


Excerpt from Stereotypes and Prejudices, Leah Boisaubert, educational kit. Museum of Art and History, Paris (undated, but post-2003).

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