Six Banknotes – Three denomination of 1000 German Mark 1922, one 20,000 Mark 1923, one 500 Mark, and one 10 million Mark 1923. On the reverse side of the banknotes are antisemitic caricatures. Germany, 1922-1923.
Banknotes:
A swastika formed from the words “German National Chooses Germany.”
A pair of Jews with stereotypical features sitting back to back with the antisemitic inscription: “Jews are a danger.”
A Jew grasping the arm of an Aryan worker with the inscription: “It pains me that you are here with me!”
A Jew with stereotypical features startled by the swastika and the antisemitic message urging Germans to become National Socialists under Adolf Hitler.
The Jewish money controls England.
A Jew with stereotypical features and the antisemitic inscription: “The Jew Levin Nissan calls himself the representative of the people.”
The hyperinflation in Germany during the 1920s had numerous causes, but as in many times of crisis throughout history, antisemites were convinced that “rich Jews” were to blame for the economic collapse. The stereotype of the Jew exploiting the weak and profiting from crises was widespread in Germany in the years following World War I. During this period, Germans printed numerous antisemitic caricatures on regular banknotes, depicting Jews as the cause of the crisis and calling for their expulsion from Germany and the extermination of the Jewish people. (See additional examples in the collection of the National Library).
Some banknotes have stains. General condition good.
