The Poisonous Mushroom: The Nature Of Anti-Semitism In Germany

In Germany, the nature of anti-Semitism between the years 1933 and 1939 was strongly developed through German society and later throughout Europe as a result of the expansion of anti-Semitic propaganda and events. In 1935, Nazis declared anti-Jewish legislations in Germany, called the Nuremburg Laws. Article 4 states one of the Nuremburg Laws that Jews cannot be a Reich citizen (Jewish Virtual Library, 2016). Thus, this source shows the large development of anti-Semitism and the great control and influence Adolf Hitler and his followers had on German civilisation. This is an example of one of the events that gave rise to the slow build-up to anti-Semitism and the eradication of millions of Jews. Furthermore, the image from the book 'The Poisonous Mushroom', displays the nature of anti-Semitism in Germany. …show more content…
This book was written in 1938 by Julius Streicher, a prominent member of the Nazi party and it portrays a Jew as an evil character in a representation of the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel (Scribd,