Life — June 10, 1915 — page 9: what you’re looking at

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# "The German's Prayer" - Political Cartoon Analysis This Life magazine cartoon satirizes German religiosity during World War I. It depicts an elderly German man (identifiable by context as representing Germany or German culture) in prayer, with a woman listening. The caption quotes him praying in German dialect: "Und all der Chermans bray, too! Dey bray Gott damn England!" The satire mocks German claims of piety while simultaneously cursing England—suggesting hypocrisy in German wartime rhetoric that combined religious devotion with militant aggression. The subtitle notes this represents "one of the most touching things about the war," referring ironically to France becoming religious during conflict. The cartoon reflects American anti-German sentiment during WWI, portraying Germans as crude and contradictory in their patriotic fervor.