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III. Differences in perspective are important and by collecting instances of them, a broader truth comes to light. In fact, we may obtain not only a more accurate view of the past, but also a more sensitive instrument to perceive tremors of the future. Was the 19th century glorification of the beer hall recycled in Stolzenau's early 20th centuryNotgeld to mitigate the effects of forced communal efforts under the militarism during and after WWI? Who could foresee that it was precisely in such a German beer hall that Hitler would attempt his overthrow of the government in 1923?

Notgeld from Stolzenau, 1921.

Printed in Berlin by August Scherl, Ltd.

REFERENCES:

Lewis, Beth Irwin (1971). George Grosz. Art and Politics in the Weimar Republic. Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press.

Arndt, Walter (Ed. & Trans., 1982). The Genius of Wilhelm Busch: Comedy of Frustration. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.

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"Marloh Now -- What a Knight of
the Swastika Wants to become,"
ca. 1919-23. Pen and ink by George Grosz.