Content note: Antisemitic montage of photographed Jewish men set against flames, headed 'Die Geissel Gottes' ('the scourge of God') and 'Polnische Juden', shown whole. This object is shown as it was published. Why

Die Geissel Gottes: Polnische Juden (Der Stürmer, October 1939)

A montage of eight photographs of bearded Jewish men, most in hats, set against drawn flames, headed 'Die Geissel Gottes' and captioned 'Polnische Juden', with a 'Der Stürmer' label at left.

Date: October 1939
Period: Second World War
Made by: Der Stürmer (Nuremberg weekly), publisher Julius Streicher
Region: Western and Central Europe
Country: Nazi Germany
Medium: Newspaper pages
Issuer type: Media
Regime: Nazi Germany
Leader: Adolf Hitler
Audience: Domestic public
Purpose: Demonize
Themes: Race and ethnicity, Media and information
Event: Persecution of Jews in Germany
Techniques: Scapegoating Name-calling Fear appeal
Regime: Nazi Germany
Leader: Adolf Hitler
Source: Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Source: Wikimedia Commons (US Holocaust Memorial Museum), retrieved October 2, 2026
Rights: Public domain (anonymous work, copyright expired; Commons PD-anon-70-EU tag)
Der Stürmer, unsigned, October 1939; US Holocaust Memorial Museum photograph pa4549

Text on the object

Original (German) · read from the image, not independently checked

DIE GEISSEL GOTTES
Der Stürmer
Polnische Juden

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

THE SCOURGE OF GOD
Der Stürmer
Polish Jews

Die Geissel Gottes: Polnische Juden (Der Stürmer, October 1939)

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