Image:3.1.1-WW1-5

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           A khazer in suke” (“A Pig in the Sukka”). A cartoon printed in the New York Yiddish weekly Der Groyser Kibitser, October 2, 1914.

       The cartoon reflects the perception of the Russian invasion of Galicia by American Jews  (many of whom had recently immigrated from Galicia). In the cartoon, a Jewish man celebrating Sukkot (which began on October 4 in 1914) is surprised to find that his sukkah (which is labeled "Galicia") has been taken over by a large pig labeled "fonye" (a derogatory Yiddish term for Russians). The pig is holding an axe with the word "pogrom" on it and a bottle of vodka.

Kind	Image
Region	Galicia

       Time Period(s) 
       1914-1918

       Topics

• Jews and Their Surrounding - Anti-Semitism and Pogroms

       Image ID: 3.1.1-WW1-5