A colored children’s book illustration of a classroom of children with light skin tone. The teacher stands at the head of the classroom behind a lectern looking towards a male child in front of a blackboard. The blackboard is covered in antisemitic sketches.
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Page from The Poisonous Mushroom

Page from Der Giftpilz (The Poisonous Mushroom). This photograph shows a page from one of several antisemitic children's books published by Julius Streicher's Der Stürmer-Verlag, used for indoctrinating youth. The text reads, "The Jewish nose is crooked at its tip. It looks like the number 6."


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