United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Arthur Szyk
introduction

Satan Leads the Ball
[USHMM #93833/Location of original artwork unknown, photo courtesy of Irvin Ungar through the Arthur Szyk Society ]
Satan Leads the Ball, 1942 Detail
 

Generals


interview
curator's
comments
Nazi SS officer and two German generals
Three figures representing the SS and the arrogant German military.

 
 
[Interview:
Steve Luckert

United States
Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C.
2002

Playing time 1:11]




Dr. Steve Luckert, curator of The Art and Politics of Arthur Szyk, speaks about Arthur Szyk's portrayals of Adolf Hitler and the Axis leaders. Dr. Luckert also describes how Szyk emphasized what he saw as the embedded nature of militarism and antisemitism in German society.




 


Satan Leads the Ball

Introduction
Jewish Artist
Wartime Caricaturist
Action - Not Pity
Szyk resources
Jewish Artist
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