Serbian antisemitic propaganda poster “Here's the Culprit!” 1941

Serbian antisemitic propaganda poster “Here's the Culprit!” designed for and exhibited at the Grand Anti-Masonic Exhibition that was opened during World War II - from October 22, 1941 to January 19, 1942 - in Belgrade, the capital of the Nazi Germany-established Military Administration Authority in occupied Serbia. Financed by the Germans and opened with the support of collaborationist leader Milan Nedić, it featured propaganda material distributed to the public, including 60,000 copies of twenty different posters, and propaganda films that had previously been seen during “The Eternal Jew” exhibitions in Munich and Vienna in 1937. Despite nominally being anti-Masonic, its purpose was to promote antisemitic ideas and intensify hatred of Jews. Exhibits were intended to dehumanize the Jewish people and justify their extermination by the Germans. Some posters resembled the 1920s antisemitic propaganda and repeated the claims put forward in the book “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.” The exhibition was organized by former members of the Serbian fascist movement Zbor and sought to expose an alleged Judeo-Masonic/Communist conspiracy for world domination. An estimated 80,000 people visited the exhibition. The poster depicts Jewish businessman peering out from behind a curtain of translucent British, American, and Soviet flags. The artist's signature - Hamil - is printed in the left corner. Published by the Offsetdruck Beranek in Belgrade. Identical copy of POST_00055.