Gavroche sous la botte: Les meilleures histoires drôles 1940–1945 – Gavroche Under the [Nazi] Boot: The Funniest Stories 1940–1945 – a collection of jokes, cartoons, and humorous anti-Nazi and anti-collaborationist material compiled from the years 1940–1945, edited by M. Fougerole. Published by Éditions SAUBA, Montreuil–Paris [1946].
A collection of anti-Nazi cartoons and jokes from France, gathered year by year throughout the war. Gavroche is a symbolic figure in French culture, representing the spirit of French rebellion. The booklet contains countless cartoons and jokes mocking the German character, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Goebbels, Himmler, and other senior figures of the German Reich, as well as the Gestapo and the German army. The satire targets German manners, the blind obedience of the German people to the Führer, the Nazi obsession with hatred of the Jews, the conduct of the German military on various battlefronts, and more. This is the most extensive known anthology of anti-Nazi jokes, compiled from countless authentic sources during the war. Each group of jokes and cartoons in the volume is attributed to one of the war years, according to its origin in place and time.
74 [4] pages. Very good condition.
