Six issues of the Hungarian antisemitic newspaper Herko-Pater - 1897

Six issues of the Hungarian antisemitic newspaper Herko-Pater - 1897

6 issues of the rare Hungarian antisemitic weekly herko-pater - Budapest. The issues contain a very wide range of large cartoons that mock the Jews and warn of the danger of the Jews taking over the Hungarian economy and government, and convey the message that the Jew is the source of all the ills of Hungarian society - from the rarest early venomous antisemitic publications known to us today.

Issues:

24 January 1897

14 March 1897

11 April 1897

2 May 1897

18 July 1897

12 September 1897

On the cover of the issue dated 24 January, a Jew is depicted carrying a sack of money on his back, accompanied by the anti-Semitic caption spoken by citizens: "I think it's finally time to hit some of these tax-free stock market millions."

On the cover of the issue dated 12 September, a Jew is shown escaping from prison with the caption: "You can imprison me, I'll go wherever I want."

On the cover of the issue dated 2 May, a Jew and a Turk are depicted dancing with the caption: "...Don't celebrate too early, Jews."

In the interior pages of all these issues, there are articles filled with hatred against Jews.

The weekly, which is published every Sunday by Julius Markus, focused on presenting the stereotypical figure of the Jew in a ridiculous and blatant way. On the cover of each issue appears a large antisemitic cartoon mocking Eastern European Jews, and hateful words about his attempt to take over the Hungarian centers of power and rule. In many of the issues the middle pages were devoted to a large antisemitic cartoon over two pages. In all issues there are articles, poems, folk tales, and harsh antisemitic columnists dealing with the Jewish character in a racial way and the danger it poses to Hungarian society. The figure of the Jew shown in the cartoons appears in two ways - in long Eastern European attire and long sidelocks, and otherwise in the form of the rich Westerner who threatens the economy.

The new Hungarian Kingdom, founded in 1867, first enacted the Emancipation Law, which gives Jews equal rights to all citizens of the country. In 1895 further progress was made and even the Jewish religion was recognized as one of the religions in the country, and gained equal status with the Catholic religion and the Protestant religion. As a result, the proportion of Jews among the leaders in economic, commercial, legal, and cultural life rose rapidly toward the end of the 19th century. While their share of the general population was about four percent, about half of the merchants, doctors and lawyers were Jews. As a result, a widespread antisemitic awakening began, whose flagship theme was MP Victor Ishtuzi. Against this background, the weekly before us was published. The purpose of the issues was to highlight the different and to emphasize the inferiority of the 'undeveloped' Eastern European Jew in the face of Hungarian 'contemporary' society, in order to fight the recognition that the Jews received in terms of consciousness. In the various issues, countless cartoons appear in the form of the backward Eastern European Jew, and his attempts to take over Hungarian society. In some of the issues the Jew was depicted in the form of various animals, a long time before Nazi anti-Semitism which made extensive use of this image. It was one of the first issues that exaggerated to such an extent the image of the Jew.

Due to the rarity of the issues, although they contain countless antisemitic cartoons, there is almost no mention of this weekly in the extensive literature dealing with the study of the phenomenon of antisemitism in the 19th century, nor an analysis of the many cartoons that appeared in it. No mention at all in "Die Juden in der Karikatur" which was published in 1921.

6 complete issues. Overall good condition.