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EDWIN MARCUS, New York Times
Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist Party achieved control of the Reichstag in 1933, where they established their vicious rule by decree and ruthlessly governed the Third Reich. As the Nazi's began to attack Jews and communists, the press widely characterized then Gestapo head Hermann Goering as the real power and claimed that "Chancellor Hitler is merely the window-dressing." Edwin Marcus, the New York Times editorial cartoonist for fifty years, between 1908 and 1958, mistakenly suggested that Hitler did not have the personality necessary to lead the German people.
Edwin Marcus (1885–1961). The Misfit, 1933. Published in the New York Times, March 26, 1933. India ink, graphite, and opaque white drawing. Gift of Edwin Marcus. |