Der ist Schuld am Kriege! / Mjölnir. – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
A window into the past: Der ist Schuld am Kriege! / Mjölnir., preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Der ist Schuld am Kriege! / Mjölnir.
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Its German caption, "Der ist Schuld am Kriege!", reads "He is to blame for the war!", and the Star of David in its subject headings shows whom the poster accuses. The work was signed with the pseudonym Mjölnir, used by Hans Schweitzer, a cartoonist for Nazi party publications who produced some of the regime's most virulent antisemitic caricatures. Dated 1943, it reflects the Nazi propaganda line that Jews were responsible for the war, a message pushed through posters, newspapers and film as the conflict turned against Germany. It is valuable as a record of how that propaganda was made, and it should be read as hate material rather than as art.
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print (poster) : photolithograph, color. |
|---|---|
| Genre | Washington |
| Notes | [19]43. |
| Subjects | World War, 1939-1945--Moral & ethical aspects. World War, 1939-1945--Jews. Magen David--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,054 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-128092 |
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