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Issue of the Antisemitic Newspaper Der Stürmer - March 1939 - An issue of the antisemitic Nazi propaganda newspaper Der Stürmer, published in March 1939, at the height of the visual antisemitic propaganda campaign of the Nazi Party. Among its contents are photographs and lists of Jewish names identifying Jews accused of ”racial defilement” (Rassenschande), articles praising the infamous antisemitic book The Poisonous Mushroom (Der Giftpilz), and a defamatory feature on the Jews of Munkács, accompanied by a photograph of hundreds of Hasidim gathered around the Munkács Rebbe, described as ”demons emerging from the gates of Hell.” Issue headline: ”Dr. Parcus - Getaufter Jude betrügt den Dominikanerorden um 4½ Millionen Kronen” (”Dr. Parcus - A Baptized Jew Defrauds the Dominican Order of 4½ Million Crowns”).  Under the heading ”Jahwekult” (”Cult of Yahweh”) appears an antisemitic caricature depicting a bearded Jew wearing a tallit and holding the Tablets of the Law, on which distorted ”commandments” are inscribed (such as ”You shall devour the land”), standing before a gigantic eye (a distorted ”Eye of God”) amid flashes of lightning. The accompanying caption reads: ”He turned Satan into God, and God and the world into Satan's cauldron.” Throughout the issue are antisemitic articles with such titles as preparations by the Jews for a world war, a demand by veterinarians in Lithuania to prohibit kosher slaughter, ”Treacherous Socialism, ” and ”The Jews in Augsburg.” Also included is a full page of virulent caricatures by the newspaper's regular cartoonist, Fips (Philipp Rupprecht): ”Judenbettel” (”Jewish Begging”) depicts a wealthy Jew holding a sign reading ”Give to the Poor Jews” in order to deceive the public; ”Gepresster Presseberichterstatter” (”The Pressured Press Correspondent”) portrays a diminutive journalist trapped beneath an enormous sack of money marked with currency symbols (the dollar, pound, and franc) together with a Star of David, illustrating the propagandistic falsehood of ”Jewish financial control of the press”; ”Der Meisterjongleur” (”The Master Juggler”) presents a caricatured Jewish figure juggling a bomb labeled Communism (hammer and sickle), a shell labeled ”Krieg” (”War”), and ”Hetze” (”Incitement”); and ”Die Gouvernantenschleppe” (”The Governess's Train”) depicts a female figure representing Great Britain (”GB”) dragging behind her a train in the shape of Palestine (Palästina). Further on, under the heading ”Rassenschänder sehen Dich an” (”Race Defilers Are Looking at You”), appears a panel of photographs displaying 19 portrait images of Jewish men from across Germany (including Berlin, Nuremberg, Hamburg, Munich, Breslau, and other cities) who were accused under the Nuremberg Laws of ”racial defilement” (Rassenschande) for having relations with Aryan women. Beneath each photograph appear the individual's full name and city of residence (for example, Max Kahn of Nuremberg, Georg Eisner of Kreuzburg, and others). In the section ”Aus Wien” (”From Vienna”), under the headline ”Juwelenjude Zipper” (”The Jeweler Jew Zipper”), a lengthy article accuses the Jewish jeweler Leo Zipper of large-scale smuggling operations and corrupt connections with the former Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg. Also included is a photograph captioned ”The Wife of the Jew Zipper.” On another page appears an illustration of a man furtively slipping away down a street carrying suitcases, beneath the warning headline: ”Do You Want to Betray Yourself and Your People? Do Not Hire a Jewish Lawyer.” Also included is the article ”Wie ich Judengegner wurde” (”How I Became an Opponent of the Jews”), a regular feature consisting of readers' letters describing the alleged ”experiences” that, according to the propaganda, led them to adopt antisemitic views. Also appearing is ”Der Giftpilz” (”The Poisonous Mushroom”) - an article praising the notorious antisemitic children's book of the same name, published by Der Stürmer, together with a review of an antisemitic book by Bishop Hensley Henson. On another page appears a photograph of Orthodox Jews wearing hats and long coats beneath the cynical and derisive caption: ”There Were Such Times: Eastern Jews on Holiday in Karlsbad.” The issue also contains articles directed against kosher slaughter and Jewish commerce, including ”Litauische Tierärzte verlangen die Abschaffung des Schächtens” (”Lithuanian Veterinarians Demand the Abolition of Kosher Slaughter”), a propaganda article portraying Jewish ritual slaughter as cruel mistreatment of animals in contrast to the animal protection laws of Nazi Germany. On the same page appears another article under the headline ”Juden hetzen gegen die Leipziger Messe” (”Jews Incite Against the Leipzig Fair”), accusing Jews in France of attempting to organize a commercial boycott of the famous Leipzig Trade Fair. On the back page,