Miniature newspapers, so small that they must be read with the aid of a magnifying glass; actual photographs of the burning of the books in Germany; Nazi posters with Slavic faces, showing imitation Russian propaganda are among the exhibits on display at the German Exposition which opened Friday evening at the New Workers School, 51 West 14th Street.
The newspapers, which are being distributed actively by underground methods throughout Germany by enemies of Nazis, are photographs of mineographed sheets, condensed so that they can be carried and read without attracting attention. Many of them are not more than one inch by one inch in size but the photographing has been so refined that the contents can be read with the naked eye. A small magnifying glass, however, is given out with each issue.
Also shown are Nazi propaganda posters, from July, 1932, when the party was attempting to win its election, to the present time.
“These posters,” emphasizes Jay Lovestone, who is directing the exhibition and who brought the exhibits here after a recent trip to Germany, “give definite proof that Hitler has been imitating the Communist propaganda in Russia. Many of the slogans have been translated almost literally. The faces on the pictures of the posters themselves show a definitely Slavic type, the artist apparently being unable to change the features enough when he copied the Russian posters.”
Most of these posters carry caricatures of three people, a Communist, a Jew, and a business man, with a peasant or Nazi stormtrooper walking over them triumphant.
Many photographs brought back by Mr. Lovestone will also be exhibited. They include pictures of the burning of a pile of books by brown-shirted soldiers, and a striking photograph of Goering making a speech. Both of these pictures were used by Diego Rivera while painting his murals, also displayed at the New Workers School. These are the murals that were turned down by Rockefeller Center.
A large map of the concentration camps in Germany is posted, showing the number of prisoners at each camp. The School estimates that there are at present over 118,000 prisoners being retained in these camps, just 100,000 more than is admitted by the German government. The exhibition begins at 8 o’clock with a lecture on “One Year of Hitler Germany” by Jay Lovestone, and will continue to February 12.
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