In the 1940s, German publishing companies produced several cartoon-type magazines with very clever political satire. It differed from the American and British propaganda in that Britain and America were depicted as the world’s policemen and as jolly fools. Churchill and Roosevelt were portrayed as simpletons who were the tools of international financiers, and the only time that they got really nasty in their depictions is when showing Russians and Uncle Joe Stalin in the true light of what he was: a murdering monster with blood-soaked hands. American propaganda, however, got downright homicidal promoting wiping the axis powers off the earth. We need to remember that it was always hoped by the Germans and their leaders that Britain would recognize that the danger in the world was in the east; that this communist menace was what the western world should have been concerned about. America was always respected until the malevolent Roosevelt had an agenda that he and his cronies could not be turned from. So the German propaganda was directed against FDR and Churchill, not against the American or British people. The magazine titles that all came under one publishing syndicate were Kladderadatch (the earliest), Lustige Sachse, Lachende Welt, and the most circulated Lustige Blädder. All had the basic similarity—various folksy cartoons and political characterizations of the enemy as they saw it. The color and frivolous “toons” are well done and funny in most cases. But the finality of the terrible war was nothing funny at all. Europe was in ruins, Germany nearly destroyed, 50 million dead, Britain now was sinking and the empire lost. America was no longer the Norman Rockwell dream, and Europe put up with 60 or so years of darkness, especially in the areas given over to the Bolsheviks. The new age that we’re experiencing was predicted by George Orwell in his classic book 1984. The magazines were stacked away by a man whom we met at the Kassel military show. He had been a member of the RAD (Reich’s Labor Corps) in the 1930s and 1940s and he hung on to these issues and kept them in great shape. The are extremely rare today and very seldom ever encountered, and when one is found and offered, the price is almost always more than $100.00; often $150.00. You can’t imagine how rare they are. In this politically correct world even in Germany they were immediately destroyed as soon as one would emerge. In all our years in this field we have only ever seen one or two offered (at huge prices). Now, because of the thoughtfulness of this one old man we are able to offer these extremely rare publications to the collecting public. We will sell them in lots; usually three at a time. Individual magazines will be offered in only a few instances when they are the even more scarce numbers. Do not ask us to break up lots. If one particular issue interests you and it is in a lot of three, don’t worry, because the price you will pay will make the other two a very worthwhile investment. In some cases a part of a page may have been clipped out by the former owner. This is rarely the case, but this will not influence the rarity or the price. We cannot single these out and don’t need to. It is a very minor point considering the rarity of the offered items. Don’t underestimate the historical importance of these gems of satire.