Jenny-HitlersEarlyPolitics

Picture description: In this French cartoon from the 1940s, Adolf Hitler and the Nazis are portrayed as a giant octopus whose deadly tentacles are reaching out to capture much of the globe. Drawn in 1945 by the French. Found from the website: http://www.picturehistory.com/product/id/4453 a source for history pictures online.

In this picture as it says above, shows Hitler as a giant octopus. I think this is an important cartoon because we know that Hitler wanted to take over the world, because of this, this cartoon shows Hitler wanting to take over the world. Also I felt this piture is related to his early politics because it shows he wanted revenge on those people who he thought had made Germany lose the war by using his deadly tentacles. I think the French drew this to show how dangerous Hitler was and his desires to be the most powerfull man alive. This cartoon gave me a feeling that Hitler was a man with wild desires and ambitions. I think that if people like the Jews saw this picture they would dislike Hilter even more because they already dislike him for what he did to them and now seeing Hitler portrayed as a deadly octopus creeping all over the world they would feel even more dislike towards him. As people now who know what Hitler has done I think we can easily understand the cartoon, but as for people back then I think it was just used to get them thinking of what this poster means and it's to prod at the peoples emotions like making them feel angry. For the people who has a good senseof humour (like me) we find a picture like this very funny because the deadly octopus really fits Hitler and the way he looks etc. When I first saw this cartoon I relly liked it it looked like Hitler was spreading his influence to the world and that was what he was trying to do. The French really did a good job drawing this cartoon, it's really understandable and you just need to look, there's no reading needed. It is a really good prapoganda and it gets to the point fast. I think anyone now that sees this picture will understand immediately what it's about.