wartime caricaturist curator's comments

	[USHMM #96407/Gift of Alexandra and Joseph Braciejowski; Original materials: Watercolor, graphite, pen, and ink on paper; Original dimensions: 6 1/4" x 3 3/4"] Hitler, 1941 German chancellor and Nazi party leader Adolf Hitler was probably the most satirized Axis figure of World War II. His toothbrush mustache, outlandish ideas, and histrionics made him a perfect target for cartoonists and comedians. Szyk's many depictions of the Nazi leader range from the gesticulating buffoon to the sinister mass murderer.
	[Interview: Steve Luckert United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C. 2002 Playing time 1:11] Dr. Steve Luckert, curator of The Art and Politics of Arthur Szyk, speaks about Arthur Szyk's portrayals of Adolf Hitler and the Axis leaders. Dr. Luckert also describes how Szyk emphasized what he saw as the embedded nature of militarism and antisemitism in German society.
	[USHMM #09730] Adolf Hitler speaks at a Nazi party rally. At the time, the Nazi party was a small splinter party with little influence in the Reichstag (German parliament). Nuremberg, Germany, August-September 1927.
	[USHMM #71547/DIZ Muenchen GMBH, Sueddeutscher Verlag Bilderdienst] Hitler delivers a speech at the Harvest Thanks Day celebration. Bueckeberg, Germany, September 30, 1934.
	[USHMM #05316] Hitler salutes the youth ranks at the Nazi Party Congress. Nuremberg, Germany, September 1935.
	[USHMM #71538/DIZ Muenchen GMBH, Sueddeutscher Verlag Bilderdienst] Adolf Hitler speaks at the Nazi Party Congress. Nuremberg, Germany, September 1938.
	[USHMM #87883] At Berlin's Sportpalast arena, Hitler (at podium) delivers a speech to thousands of Nazi party officials. Berlin, Germany, April 1941.
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