DescriptionArthur Szyk (1894-1951). Satan Leads the Ball (1942), New York.jpg
English: Arthur Szyk's Satan Leads the Ball lampoons the major leaders of the WWII Axis Powers (including Adolf Hitler), among whom are interspersed other key historical figures as well as symbolic and allegorical figures including Death and Satan, lavishly uniformed with swastikas and other exaggerated insignia:
Valkyrie-like Germania, the personification of Germany
Benito Mussolini, Italian fascist leader, without pants and with holey boots
Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazi party NSDAP and dictator of National Socialist Germany, with Mein Kampf
Obese capitalist representing the German heavy industry (Schwerindustrie), with Bavarian Tyrolean hat, the slogan Wir sind das Herrenvolk, Nazi party pin, etc.
Joseph Goebbels, propaganda minister of Nazi Germany, with a Jack-in-the-box (with communist red star and hammer and sickle, Phrygian freedom cap and "Jewish nose")
Norsk bokmål: «Satan fører an i selskapet», satirisk kommentartegning av Arthur Szyk 1942. Fra venstre mot høyre sees karikaturer av blant annet de nazistiske lederne for aksemaktene under andre verdenskrig, overdådig uniformert med hakekors, ordensbånd i Det tyske keiserrikets rødt, hvitt og svart og andre overdrevne verdighetstegn:
En valkyrieliknende Germania, personifikasjonen av Tyskland
Benito Mussolini, italiensk fascistleder, uten bukse og med hullete støvler
Adolf Hitler, fører i nazistpartiet NSDAP og diktator i det nasjonalsosialistiske Tyskland, med Mein Kampf
Overvektig kapitalist somm representant for tysk tungidustri (Schwerindustrie), med bayersk tyrolerhatt, mottoet «Vi er herrefolket» (Wir sind das Herrenvolk), partinål, sjakett og hvite gamasjer
Joseph Goebbels, Nazi-Tysklands propagandaminister, med rødt troll i eske (med kommunistisk rød stjerne og hammer og sigd, frygisk frihetslue og «jødenese»)
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