Glückliche Reise ins Neue Jahr wünscht die AIZ!

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December was marked by political intrigue and backstabbing within the Nazi Party. The tumbling figures are Hitler and Theodor Leipart (1867-1947), a Social Democrat and trade union leader known for being anti-communist. Leipart’s Social Democratic Party had been ousted from power in Berlin through a presidential decree the previous July. The future looked encouraging to Heartfield, who had been a member of the German Communist Party since 1918, and to the publishers and readers of AIZ, which was an anti-fascist and pro-communist publication.

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