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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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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.
Yontev-bletlekh: “Why Is This Night Different (Ma nishtanah)?”
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Passover is coming soon and I ask you to invite me to the seder. Let me in!I won’t cost you very much. I don’t eat kneydlekh! Don’t serve me maror, the bitter herbs—I was born with them!Do not ask me…

Contributor:

David Pinski, Y. L. Peretz

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1895

Subjects:

Holidays, Haggadah, Modernity, Passover, Jewish identity

Categories:

Political Culture