Die Brennessel - No 8, Year 1
Cover of Die Brennessel ('The Stinging Nettle'), No. 8, Year 1, 1st June 1931, an early satirical publication associated with the NSDAP. The cartoon titled Heldenfahrt nach Genf ('Heroic Journey to Geneva') depicts a grotesquely exaggerated heroic figure being ferried across water towards Geneva, the seat of the League of Nations. The image satirises liberal and pro-internationalist figures in Weimar Germany - referencing journalist Theodor Wolff - and mocks the perceived futility and instability of diplomatic engagement with the League. Produced prior to the Nazi seizure of power, the cartoon reflects the movement's use of humour and caricature to attack political opponents and undermine confidence in the existing democratic and international order
