Judge, 1936-08 · page 9 of 36
Judge — August 1936 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page from Judge satirizes World War II-era political figures and events. The top cartoon mocks military recruit training with the caption "It's those new recruits—some of them are kind of young." The "Incredible Events" section attacks Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring, and Benito Mussolini through hostile commentary. It reports Hitler laughed at reports of German military weakness, mocks Göring's uniform changes, and ridicules Mussolini withdrawing from African colonization efforts. The lower cartoon depicts what appears to be a Nazi official (likely representing a concentration camp commandant) telling a prisoner "Ya said this was a concentration camp, didn't ya? Well, I'm concentrating, ain't I?"—darkly satirizing Nazi brutality by presenting the official's torture as literal "concentration." The content reflects American wartime anti-Axis propaganda and commentary.
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