Gründliche Ausrottung ["Thorough Extermination"], original illustration by Thomas Theodor Heine. [Stockholm, 1944]. Ink on thick paper. Initialed on top right corner.
Illustration depicting two Nazi soldiers on the street of a bombarded city, with ruined buildings in the background. One soldier is holding a shotgun and goose-stepping, while the other drags a starving dog toward a gallows on which a man, woman, and girl are hung. On the right, two "free" dogs look on. Beneath the picture is an inscription in pencil - the dialogue between the two free dogs, conversing about the bitter fate of the dog being led to the gallows for having belonged to an aristocratic general. Apparently the illustration was meant to be published in a newspaper.
Heine (1867-1948) was a Jewish illustrator and caricaturist active in Germany at the turn of the 20th century, and a founder of the satiric magazine “Simplicissimus”. With the Nazi rise to power he was forced to leave the magazine because of his Jewish origins and his opinions. He escaped to Prague, Oslo and finally Stockholm, where he lived until his death.
Leaf 25X30 cm. Very good condition.