Der Giftpilz:
Ein Stürmerbuch für Jung und Alt

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[Printed station signs within the illustration]

ANKUNFT DER ZÜGE aus Richtung:

NÜRNBERG

WIEN

[Printed caption]

„Am Bahnhof erwartete mich ein Mann. Er zog ſeinen Hut und war ſehr freundlich zu mir. Aber ich merkte gleich, daß er ein Jude war ...“

Analysis

How does this illustration work?

This illustration accompanies So behandelt der Jude sein Dienstmädchen. A well-dressed woman carrying luggage faces a caricatured man who raises his hat at a railway station.

Because the visible conduct is courteous, the caption teaches the reader to treat friendliness itself as camouflage and physiognomy as more trustworthy than behavior.

Propaganda technique: Suspicion of courtesy; physiognomic recognition; concealed-threat narrative.

Evidentiary boundary: Nothing threatening occurs in the pictured moment; the claimed danger depends on the story that follows.