 Cover illustration. The text is in the Sütterlin script. | |
| Author | Ernst Hiemer |
|---|---|
| Original title | Der Giftpilz |
| Illustrator | Philipp Rupprecht (Fips) |
| Language | German |
| Genre | Children's literature, Antisemitism |
| Publisher | Julius Streicher |
Publication date | 1938 |
| Publication place | Germany |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 56 |
| 833.912 | |
Der Giftpilz (German for "The Poisonous Mushroom" or "The Poisonous Toadstool") is a piece of antisemitic Nazi propaganda published as a children's book by Julius Streicher in 1938.[1] The text is by Ernst Hiemer, with illustrations by Philipp Rupprecht (also known as Fips); the title alludes to how, just as it is difficult to tell a poisonous mushroom from an edible mushroom, it is difficult to tell a Jew apart from a Gentile. The book purports to warn German children about the dangers allegedly posed by Jews to them personally, and to German society in general.
After the war, Streicher was convicted of being an accessory for crimes against humanity in the Nuremberg trials and executed in 1946. Rupprecht did five years in prison.