Lot 1085 Walter Nessler. Das Hitler-ABC. Mit …

Das Hitler-ABC. Mit Begleitheft von Diether Schmidt zum Hitler-Alphabet. 2 Bde. Mit 26 montierten, farbigen Karikaturen und 1 farb. Deckelillustration sowie 9 ganzs. Abbildungen im Begleitheft. Pulsnitz, Ernst Rietschel Stiftung, 2000. 16, 27 Bll. Orig.-Kartonbände im OPP.-Schuber.

Karikatur

Moderne Literatur und Kunst – Eins von 300 (GA 330) Exemplaren, von W. Nessler auf Vorsatz signiert. - Bedeutende Zeugnisse des bildnerischen Widerstands gegen den Nationalsozialismus. Als Mappe, die jeden Buchstaben des Alphabets mit einer bissigen Satire auf Hitlers Charakterzüge versah, dienten sie als Instrument zur Entlarvung der NS-Propaganda. Nessler schuf die Karikaturen bereits vor seiner Emigration 1937 in Dresden. Die Zeichnungen unterliefen das von der NS-Propaganda aufgebaute, unantastbare und heldenhafte Image Hitlers. Indem Nessler ihn lächerlich machte, nahm er dem Diktator symbolisch seine Macht und seinen Nimbus. Die Karikaturen wurden von Nesslers damaliger Frau (Prudence Ashbee) unter hohem persönlichen Risiko im Gepäck aus Nazi-Deutschland herausgeschmuggelt.

Modern Literature and Art – One of 300 (GA 330) copies, signed by W. Nessler on the endpaper. - Significant examples of artistic resistance against National Socialism. As a portfolio that assigned each letter of the alphabet a biting satire on Hitler's character traits, they served as a tool to expose Nazi propaganda. Nessler created the caricatures in Dresden even before his emigration in 1937. The drawings undermined the untouchable and heroic image of Hitler constructed by Nazi propaganda. By ridiculing him, Nessler symbolically stripped the dictator of his power and his aura. The caricatures were smuggled out of Nazi Germany in Nessler's luggage by his wife at the time (Prudence Ashbee), at great personal risk.

Startprice: 200 €
Estimate: 300 €

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