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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. Order this book by clicking here.
Hardback, 8.5 x 11, color illustrations, quality gloss stock, 288 pages, #910, $75.
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