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The Four Sons
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This 1934 illustration of the Passover story of the four sons features a caricature of the “wicked” son dressed as Hitler.

Contributor:

Arthur Szyk

Places:

Lodz, Second Polish Republic (Łódź, Poland)

Date:

1934

Subjects:

Print, Aesthetics, Passover, Haggadah, Nazis

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Visual & Material Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Image of four panels with man in each panel: one in moustache and riding outfit; one wearing sidelocks, kippah, and suit; one muscled in boots; and one with short sidelocks, hat, and wide stance, all surrounded by decorated border and labeled in Yiddish.
Scroll of Agony
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The journal is my life, my companion and my confidant. Without it I would be lost. In it I pour out all my heart’s feelings, until I feel somewhat relieved. When I am angry and…

Contributor:

Chaim A. Kaplan

Places:

Warsaw, General Government (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1941

Subjects:

Holocaust, Death, Nazis, Jewish quarters, Antisemitism

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Memoirs & Diaries