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'Hiteriada Furiosa' is a series of twelve offset lithographs published by Antoni Markiewicz, and printed in an edition of 1450 by Emil Falcon for FW Döbereiner, Hamburg in 1946. Created towards the end of the Second World War 'Hitler Furiosa' is a series of darkly humorous caricatures lampooning the leadership and the fate of the Third Reich as it collapsed (1944-45) under pressure from the Allies. This technique of reducing a feared enemy to ridicule was psychologically a means to gain some power over them and to boost morale. "Among defensive and offensive weapons employed totally in the Second World War political satire took its own place. It had a large significance as a poisonous instrument of diversion. It was an efficient medicine for oppressed people against resignation, against despair, against prostration." [From the preface to the lithographs]
The prints in this series are titled: The day of reckoning; The old glory; The little innocent; "Germany, Germany over all"; The three German Gods; Germany will never surrender; The May Day Fool; "My name is Meier of one British bomb falls on Berlin"; The dream of power in 1941; "Germania furiosa"; Today Germany, tomorrow the world; and His master's voice.
The original cartoons were created clandestinely by Stanislaw Toegel, a Polish POW, in German labour camps during the final years of the Second World War. Stanislaw Toegel (1905-1953) was a lawyer and amateur artist, who served as a reserve officer with the Polish Army and was captured by the Germans after the battle for Poland in 1939. He escaped and spent the German occupation in Warsaw. During this time Toegel actively participated in the Polish underground movement of the AK (Armia Krajowa or Home Army). After the Warsaw uprising was quashed by the Germans in October 1944 Toegel was once again sent to a prison camp at Göttingen, Germany, where he was forced to labour in a paper mill. It was here under difficult conditions that he produced the original satirical drawings in secret. This was despite the certain death sentence that his identification as the artist by the Germans would mean. After the camp was liberated in 1945 Toegel worked in a Displaced Persons or D P camp at Osnabrück, Germany. During his time there he contributed further drawings and articles for a journal circulated amongst the DP camps.
Caricature of three new Polish Army soldiers 'stepping out' in their brand new uniforms. One of four humorous cartoons by Stainslaw Toegel (1905 - 1953) about the new Polish Army. The print has been m
Three Polish servicemen showing off in their new uniforms. The Polish title translates roughly as 'To us belongs the whole world and all the coffee plantations ...'. One of four humorous cartoons by S
Grotesque portrait of Josef Goebbels (1897-1945) Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany given a vigorous and impassioned speech. Both his hands are clenched into fists. In the background is a bi
'Hiteriada Macabra' is a series of ten offset lithographs published by Antoni Markiewicz, and printed in an edition of 1450 by Emil Falcon for FW Döbereiner, Hamburg in 1946. In 'Hitler Macabra' the
Bound copy of Hitleriada Macabra and Hitleradia Furiosa cartoons by Stanislaw Toegel published by Antoni Markiewicz, and printed in an edition of 1450 by Emil Falcon for FW Döbereiner, Hamburg in 1946
One of four humorous cartoons by Stainslaw Toegel (1905 - 1953) about the new Polish Army. The print has been mounted on dark grey card. A title in polish is positioned bottom centre beneath the image
One of four humorous cartoons by Stainslaw Toegel (1905 - 1953) about the new Polish Army. The print has been mounted on dark grey card. A title in polish is positioned bottom centre beneath the image
'Hiteriada Macabra' is a series of ten offset lithographs published by Antoni Markiewicz, and printed in an edition of 1450 by Emil Falcon for FW Döbereiner, Hamburg in 1946. In 'Hitler Macabra' the
Bound copy of Hitleriada Macabra and Hitleradia Furiosa cartoons by Stanislaw Toegel published by Antoni Markiewicz, and printed in an edition of 1450 by Emil Falcon for FW Döbereiner, Hamburg in 1946
Caricature of SS General Erich vom dem Bach (1899-1972), Commander of all German forces suppressing the Warsaw Uprising of August - October 1944, selecting works of art as 'trophies' to take back to G
Satirical portrait of two Ukrainian guards under the walls of the Warsaw Ghetto. Both are smoking and heavily armed with the Ukrainian coat of arms visible on the left sleeves of their uniform. In the
Caricature of Adolf Hitler performing a Nazi salute. The print has been mounted on dark grey card. The title in Polish with English and French translation is printed bottom centre, beneath the image
Caricature of Josef Goebbles (1897-1945) Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany giving a rousing speech into a radio microphone declaring that Germany will never surrender. A poster on the wall
