Beginning in the 1920s, a man
named Julius Streicher published a small weekly German newspaper called
Der Stürmer. The publisher believed its mission was to warn
the people about the perceived threats posed by foreign and domestic Jews.
The dangers were considered very real, and Streicher’s stories gave a
blunt and direct account of them. A key feature of Der
Stürmer was its harsh political cartoons. The cover of every
issue, and several interior pages, displayed cartoons depicting various
alleged Jewish dangers, in a most striking and graphic form. The lead
cartoonist was a man named Philipp “Fips” Rupprecht. His
cartoons became the signature feature of the newspaper and grew to
represent the broader German struggle against Jewry. With the demise of
National Socialist Germany, Der Stürmer and Fips’s
cartoons were largely buried and forgotten.
The victorious
nations certainly did not want old Nazi images floating around, raising
difficult questions about why the Nazis were so critical of Jews—and
whether any of those criticisms were in any way valid. Recently, though, a
skilled digital artist named Robert Penman rediscovered the forgotten
images. He carefully restored, colorized and re-issued them. In Pan
Judah!, for the first time, 200 of the best Fips images have been
compiled and displayed as they have never been before. Penman has done a
masterful job. The images are sharp, crisp and compelling. The colors are
stunningly vivid. The effect is truly astonishing. Fips’s cartoons,
originally printed on cheap newsprint, come alive for the first time on
high-quality stock. Every image is a masterpiece, a true work of
contemporary art—and each one tells a story: a story with possible
relevance for today. Organized chronologically into six chapters,
Fips’s cartoons clearly demonstrate the progression of views over the
period of 20 years, from before the Nazis assumed power until the very end
of the war. They tell the story of Germany’s rise and fall as nothing
else has before or since.
Hardback, 8.5 x 11, color
illustrations, quality gloss stock, 288 pages, #910, $75.
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