Comments on: The cartoon resistance http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2009/the-cartoon-resistance/ The Best In Sci-Fi & Fantasy, News, Reviews, Graphic Novels, comics and more! Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:59:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=6167 By: Kellie http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2009/the-cartoon-resistance/comment-page-1/#comment-256284 Kellie Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:53:39 +0000 http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/?p=17245#comment-256284 Ah but Wim, if you read the complete cartoon you'll see that his target is not suspect Germans: http://www.sadiethepilot.com/aaweb/blogpix6/fritz_behrendt_tram_l.jpg Ah but Wim, if you read the complete cartoon you’ll see that his target is not suspect Germans:

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]]> By: wim http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2009/the-cartoon-resistance/comment-page-1/#comment-256207 wim Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:39:44 +0000 http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/?p=17245#comment-256207 As I don't know anything about Fritz Behrendt's plight during the war, I'm not going to comment on that. Even leaving that aspect of his life and work aside, he is one of the most important political cartoonists the Netherlands have ever had, with Opland probably as his only equivalent on the more left-wing aspect of the spectrum. However, the cartoon you show is one of his more prejudiced and, frankly, worse pieces of work. It is not a wartime cartoon, as the byline attests ("25 years after the end of the war" - meaning this cartoon was published in 1970). It is merely an example of an old grudge against the German people and their, at least perceived, reluctance to deal with their shared past. I guess that in 1970 many germans with less than savory war pasts were still walking scott-free in Germany. The sentiment that every German is essentially suspect, however, is, and was at the time, utterly objectionable. As I don’t know anything about Fritz Behrendt’s plight during the war, I’m not going to comment on that. Even leaving that aspect of his life and work aside, he is one of the most important political cartoonists the Netherlands have ever had, with Opland probably as his only equivalent on the more left-wing aspect of the spectrum.

However, the cartoon you show is one of his more prejudiced and, frankly, worse pieces of work. It is not a wartime cartoon, as the byline attests (“25 years after the end of the war” – meaning this cartoon was published in 1970). It is merely an example of an old grudge against the German people and their, at least perceived, reluctance to deal with their shared past.

I guess that in 1970 many germans with less than savory war pasts were still walking scott-free in Germany. The sentiment that every German is essentially suspect, however, is, and was at the time, utterly objectionable.

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