The title reads: “And you are still buying German products?” The text above the right-hand picture reads: “Here in the Land of Israel” and above the left-hand picture:“ ...and the situation in Germany....”
This 1934 poster encourages Jews living in Israel to boycott German products due to the violent anti-Jewish measures in Nazi Germany. The cartoon on the right shows Israelis happily purchasing German-made goods; the cartoon on the right shows what was happening in Germany at the same time, namely, the beatings and forced closures of Jewish businesses.
At the time, Jews in Germany were just starting to feel the pressure of the Nazi party’s anti-Jewish measures. The first wave of legislation was aimed at limiting Jewish participation in public life, and laws passed in 1933 excluded Jewish and “politically unreliable” civil servants and employees from state service. The number of Jewish students at German schools and universities was also restricted by these laws, and further legislation soon excluded Jews from the medical and legal professions.
Following Hitler’s rise to power, the Jewish world had agreed to a ban on German goods, and Jews were pressurizing other businesses around the world to stop stocking German items. There was similar pressure to implement this ban in Palestine.
