Thüringen Justitia / Thuringian Justice

Year:	1930
Country:	Germany
Artist:	E. Schilling
Printed in:	Simplicissimus
Category:	Politics
Description:	The cover of this issue depicts lady justice whose balance is on a swastika holding both a criminal and a nazi on each plate the cover over her eyes is lifted and she has an eye on the criminal with her sword to his neck. The Nazi holds a gun to her that she doesn’t appear to notice. This may be a reference to the fact that Thuringia was one of the places the Nazis were able to gain power early on. Caption reads: naturally I’m blind but not so blind I cannot tell a swastika from an ordinary criminal.

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