Poison Mushroom - Der Giftpilz

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NAZI ANTI-JEWISH BOOK DER GIFTPILZ - THE POISON MUSHROOM

AN EXTREMELY RARE
ORIGINAL EXAMPLE OF
DER GIFTPILZ
(THE POISON MUSHROOM)
ONE OF THE
MOST ANTI-JEWISH
BOOKS EVER PUBLISHED!

Der Giftpilz (The Poison Mushroom) was published in 1938 by Julius Streicher's Stürmer Verlag of Nürnberg, Germany in follow-up to an earlier success Trau keinem Fuchs auf grüner Heid und keinem Jud auf seinem Eid (Don't Trust a Fox in a Green Pasture Or a Jew Upon His Oath) in 1936. Like the “Fox” book, “The Poison Mushroom” was written by Stürmer Hauptschriftleiter Ernst Hiemer and illustrated with 18 colorful paintings by Philipp “Fips” Rupprecht.

Der Giftpilz is the story that begins with a German mother explaining to her child how mushrooms are somewhat like people - some are good and some are poison. The book then expands on the comparison by equating Jews to poison mushrooms. In great detail and in extremely graphic pictures teh book attempts to explain how no real German could ever tolerate Jews in Germany. The heavily illustrated hard cover book is cloth bound and measures 8-1/4 x 10-5/8 inches and contains 64 unnumbered pages on heavy art paper. In addition to a virulently anti-Jewish text written in simple German, there are many short poems mocking Jews and their physical characteristics.

In addition to being a book publisher, Stürmer Verlag was a newspaper publisher, publishing both the enormously anti-Jewish daily Der Stürmer and the Fränkischer Tageszeitung. Because of the anti-Semitic nature of everything published by Stürmer Verlag during the Third Reich of Adolf Hitler, most of it was destroyed when the Allies purged Germany of Nazi literature after World War II. Today, original examples of Der Giftpilz sell at auction for prices in excess of $3000.00 per copy.

This is an original Third Reich book - not a modern reproduction!

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This fine original example of the Third Reich book Der Giftpilz is
**SOLD**.
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