Der Giftpilz:
Ein Stürmerbuch für Jung und Alt

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Wieder ſtürzt das Tier zu Boden. Langſam ſtirbt es. Die Juden aber ſtehen herum und lachen dazu.

Analysis

How does this illustration work?

This illustration accompanies So quälen die Juden die Tiere. Four men restrain and cut a bleeding animal while two women watch through a window; several men are drawn smiling.

Graphic blood and the attributed smiles convert a disputed representation of ritual slaughter into an accusation of collective pleasure in cruelty.

Propaganda technique: Cruelty accusation; visceral shock; attack on religious practice.

Evidentiary boundary: The illustration is a staged caricature; it omits procedure, regulation and context and cannot document how a slaughter was performed.