The Crystal gazer. 1939 ww2 cartoon by Bernard Partridge showing Adolf Hitler staring into a crystal ball as the ghost of the Former German Emperor Wilhelm II looks on. The ball reveals a skull and the year 1914 referencing back to the horrors of the first world war. Hitler was known to believe in paranormal forecasting, and it may also be an oblique reference to Kristallnacht the crystal night pogroms of the previous year.
1939 cartoon by Bernard Partridge (1861-1945) printed in the war illustrated
Size: 2061px × 2562px
Photo credit: © Historical Images Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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