Content note: Front page of a 1920 antisemitic newspaper under a headline demanding measures against Jews, including lists, removal from jobs and expulsion. This object is shown as it was published. Why
Völkischer Beobachter, "Macht ganze Arbeit mit den Juden!" (Make a clean job of the Jews!), 10 March 1920
Front page of a Munich völkisch twice-weekly, headed by a demand to "make a clean job" of the Jews. The lead article lists measures it wants taken, including lists of Jews in every town, removal from state offices, newspapers and theatres, and expulsion of Ostjuden; a second front-page article blames hardship on import and export permits.
- Date
- March 10, 1920
- Period
- Interwar
- Made by
- Völkischer Beobachter und Deutschwirtschaftszeitung (Munich), völkisch-antisemitic newspaper later acquired by the NSDAP (December 1920)
- Country
- Weimar Germany
- Medium
- Newspaper pages
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Weimar Republic
- Leader
- Gustav Bauer
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Demonize
- Themes
- Race and ethnicity, Migration
- Techniques
- Scapegoating
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons (photograph of a 1967 facsimile of the issue), retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- 1920 issue (pre-1931); Commons page: CC0 (photo of 1967 facsimile)
Photograph by Wolf1949H (Wikimedia Commons), CC0; original issue Völkischer Beobachter, Nr. 20, Munich, 10 March 1920.
Text on the object
Mittwoch-Ausgabe Einzelnummer 25 Pfg. Nummer 20 München, den 10. Lenzing (März) 1920 34. Jahrgang Völkischer Beobachter und Deutschwirtschaftszeitung Macht ganze Arbeit mit den Juden! Aus dem Inhalt. Macht ganze Arbeit mit den Juden! Auswucherung Deutschlands durch Ein- und Ausfuhrscheine. Sinn und Lehre der Geschichte. Zwangswirtschaft und Schleichhandel. Georg Ellarz. Dachauer Judentheater. [Excerpt from the lead article, middle column:] Solche Maßnahmen wären z. B. Einführung von Judenlisten in jeder Stadt bzw. in jeder Gemeinde, sofortige Entfernung der Juden aus allen Staatsämtern, Zeitungsbetrieben, Schaubühnen, Lichtspieltheatern usw. — kurz gesagt — es muß dem Juden jede Möglichkeit genommen werden, weiterhin seinen unheilvollen Einfluß zu üben. [Remaining columns not transcribed.]
Wednesday edition Single copy 25 Pfg. Number 20 Munich, the 10th of Lenzing (March) 1920 34th year Völkischer Beobachter [Folkish Observer] and German Economic Newspaper Make a clean job of the Jews! From the contents. Make a clean job of the Jews! Bleeding-dry of Germany through import and export permits. Meaning and lesson of history. Controlled economy and black-marketeering. Georg Ellarz. Dachau Jewish theatre. [Excerpt from the lead article, middle column:] Such measures would be, for example, the introduction of Jew lists in every town or every municipality, immediate removal of the Jews from all state offices, newspaper businesses, theatres, cinemas etc. — in short — the Jew must be deprived of every possibility of continuing to exert his baneful influence. [Remaining columns not transcribed.]
Read from a 1280-pixel image; masthead, headline, contents list and one excerpt only. The excerpt is quoted verbatim and not softened. Translation is a machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader.
