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LastDodo number
6738081
Area
Drawings / paintings
Title
Neurenberg 1939 - De partijdag van den vrede
Art object
Art Movement / style
Technique used
Colouring
Dimensions
44 x 32 cm
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Collection / set
Number
Addition to number
Year
1939
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(Nuremberg 1939 - the Party Rally of Peace) Original political cartoon on card in pen/brush and ink, 1939, published in De Indische Post, shows German Fuhrer Hitler as the angel of peace adorned with swastikas and holding an olive branch, but fettered to a bulky volume of ‘Mein Kampf’. In 1939 the annual Nuremberg Party Rally was to be the ‘Party Rally of Peace’ and was meant to reiterate the German desire for peace, both to the German population and to other countries. Hitler’s talk of peace, not for the first time, was less than credible to most people in Europe and was contradicted by his own book ‘Mein Kampf’ published 15 years earlier, referred to in the caption in the lower border: ‘Het probleem van de hoofdrol’ (the problem of the leading actor). Ironically, the 1939 Rally of ‘Peace’, scheduled for September 2-11, had to be cancelled at very short notice, as one day before the planned date, on September 1, Germany began its offensive against Poland, which triggered World War II in Europe. Card size 44 x 32 cm, image size 39.5 x 28 cm, signed lower left with captions in pencil in upper and lower borders. The cartoon has been folded into four at some point, otherwise in good condition.