"Adolf the Superman: Swallows Gold and Spouts Junk," John Heartfield, 1932
John Heartfield was born in Germany in 1891, he worked in Germany and Czechoslovakia during two wars. During that time, he developed a skill. He had a unique way of using Photos to target politics. Heartfield's photo described all the terrible things that were happening in Germany in the 1920's and 1930's. Many of his paintings exposed the things that were going on in Germany at the time and they also encourage others to protest against all the Hitler and the rest of the Nazis. Many of Heartfields painting, including this one appeared in several different magazines.
This image represents the amount of money industrialist were poring down Hitlers trout, despite the fact that they knew it was being used in an incorrect way. It explains the difference between Hitlers financial support team and the people who actually work for him. This picture shows the amount of power Hitler had during that time, the gold signifies him as if he was immortal. With all that power, they thought he couldn't be defeated.
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