Holocaust Education Resources

1. History of Antisemitism

In the top left hand corner of the section of the picture below, we can see the Deutsche Spiele/German Games taking place.

In the foreground we see the Emperor Wilhelm III. being hailed by his people. The plague on top of the balcony indicates that this is supposed to be 1950. The signs of the people in the foreground read: Heil dem neuen Kaiser/Hail thee, new emperor ; Heil Wilhelm III/Hail Wilhelm III and the big banner in the middle of the crowd reads: Heil Edler Kaiser Du Nun hat dein Volk vor Juden Ruh!/Hail thee noble Emporer, now your people are free from the Jews!

At a distance from the crowd we can see a Juden-Galgen/gibbet for Jews and next to it the Deutsches Volkshaus/House for the German people. The windows of this House for the people is inscribed with the names of German speaking composers and writers, such as Beethoven, Schiller, Goethe, Mozart etc.

This image is not part of the archive of the Centre for German-Jewish Studies.

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