Political cartoon illustrating the stab-in-the-back myth
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Date
c.1919
Description
Political cartoon from an Austrian postcard. It depicts an unflattering Jewish caricature preparing to stab an entrenched German soldier in the back. This is an example of the Dolchstoßlegende (stab-in-the-back myth), the idea that the German defeat in World War I was the result of Jews, socialists, and communists.
Type
Political Cartoon
Region
Global
Era
Turn of the Century and WWI, The Great Depression and WW II
Topic
Global History and Geography, Jewish History, World War I, World War II
Repository
Unknown
Source
Anti-Defamation League: https://antisemitism.adl.org/disloyalty/
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