The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Macabre depiction of two SS officers torturing and interrogating a young girl. In the lower left corner is inscribed in black ink in Polish ' SS Mani - Rycerstwo - I Chluba narodu niemieckiego' which translates loosely as 'SS Men - chivalry and pride of the German Nation'. The print has been mounted on dark grey card. A title in Polish with an alternative English and French title is printed bottom centre, beneath the image, in gold ink. Unlike the other prints in this edition the Polish title is different to the other two. It translates as ' A captured courier of the Underground Army in Warsaw' whilst the English and French titles are ' Investigations on a 16 year old girl'.
The artist was in Warsaw during the uprising of August - October 1944 and likely knew the identity of the girl in his drawing. It seems to be showing the fate of a young 16 year old girl who operated as a courier for the Polish Home Army or AKH during the uprising until she was captured by the German Forces. The reference to the 'chivalrous' behaviour of the SS officers comments on Nazi propaganda portraying members of the SS as a new order of Teutonic Knights to justify its expansionist ambitions and actions.
The original drawing reproduced in this offset lithograph was created by Polish artist Stanislaw Toegel (1905-1953) while held in a German labour camp at Gotteningen.
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
Depiction of an SS officer torturing a man in a basement by hanging him up by his nose. The man is identified by the artist in the English title as Jan Blazejowski and his torture lasted 8 days. The p
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
A cowering Hitler is embraced by a skeletal figure in a blood red cape. The print has been mounted on dark grey card. A title in Polish with an English and French translation is printed bottom centre,
Caricature of Hitler weeping amidst the ruins of a German city. Graffiti on the wall to his right states ' Wir Kapitulieren nie' which translates as ' We never surrender' and the flag of the third Rei
