Anti-Semite Satire

Dialogue at the Berlin Zoo

June 7, 1934 The monkey is reading Der Sturmer, an anti-semite newspaper. There is a satirical conversation between the animals.

MONKEY: I read in the paper that some people think Jews are animals, and so forth. Does this mean they will soon be put into the zoo with us?
MARABOU: Phoo! The Jews will be put on church steeples-that’s much more clever!
MONKEY: But tell me why.
MARABOU: Because the Jews are the best lightning rods.

Goebbel's Response

October, 1935
This image shows Goebbel's solution for ending the food shortage in Germany. It was featured in Berlin's Arbeiter-Illustriect-Zerlung (AIZ)(Workers Illustrated Newspaper) as a political satire. The caption reads: "What? No butter or lard? Well then, eat your Jews?" This demonstrates the German leader's general view of the Jews. They are seen as expendable if the rest of Germany is at stake. Why go hungry when we can eat those who's lives have no value.

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