Ein Neuer Totentanz

Futsches Reich Herman Bote

Election propaganda for the social democrat Karl Meitmann 1931/32. Adolf Hitler plays the flute like Death from Lübeck. In the background you can see Hamburg's St. Michaelis Church.

This is the first scene out of eight — and the only one accompanied by a poem. The poem was written by Robert Reinick as an introduction to Auch ein Todtentanz from 1848. There's a larger version here: Ein Neuer Totentanz.

Ein Neuer Totentanz