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Germans

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  • A finger-wound being attacked by germs represented by German soldiers in World War II. Colour lithograph after P. Mendoza, 1940.
  • Saint Boniface: he baptizes Germans. Engraving by H. Kipp after K. Clasen.
  • A hand injured by a wooden stick which is also a pole bearing Germanic lettering and a swastika, comparing Germany in wartime to germs. Colour lithograph after H.A. Rothholz.
  • A collection of 'anti-boche' - ie. anti-German - medicine bottles, next to a scorpion about to be pulverised. Lithograph.
  • A soldier in the Prussian army. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • German soldiers in World War II representing germs invading a wound, British soldiers representing white corpuscles resisting and capturing them. Colour lithograph after P. Mendoza, 1943.
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Catalogue

    • Books

    Fragen der Umvolkung / von Hans Joachim Beyer.

    Beyer, Hans Joachim, 1908- | Date: 1937
    • Ephemera

    Fresh busty blonde german : 18 years old : Tott. Court Road.

    | Date: [1993]
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    A finger-wound being attacked by germs represented by German soldiers in World War II. Colour lithograph after P. Mendoza, 1940.

    Mendoza, Philip. | Date: [1940?] | Reference: 680216i
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    Saint Boniface: he baptizes Germans. Engraving by H. Kipp after K. Clasen.

    Clasen, Carl. | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 4773i
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    Amerikanische Streiflichter / von Carl Beck.

    Beck, Carl, 1856-1911. | Date: 1905
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