wounded tiger passes through the propeller-like structure of the swastika. Thus, the roars of the wounded tiger (capitalism), powers the rise of the Nazism in Germany (Kahn, 87). The final photomontage that will be analyzed is entitled, Adolf the Superman. This photomontage appeared in the Arbeiter Illustrierte Zeitung (AIZ) in 1932. The photomontage contains a very familiar picture of Adolf Hitler, with a picture of a ribcage and backbone with gold coins in the abdominal cavity and stacked up into the throat (Herzfeld, 8). These negatives of these images were combined in the darkroom prior to development. The montage contains just one line of text, which reads as follows: "He eats gold and spews idiocies." An interesting part of this photomontage is that it is almost prophetical. Hitler did not come to power in Germany until 1933, but this was printed in 1932. It has direct references to the high taxes (gold) that Hitler would ultimately issue upon his rise to power in Germany. Also, it contains direct references to the Nazi propaganda (idiocies) that would litter Germany throughout the years of the Third Reich. Also, it is obvious that Heartfield purposely left out the internal organs of Hitler. He does not have a stomach or intestines, which could possibly be a reference to him having "no guts." He does not have a heart either, which is also an attack on the character of Hitler, who represents Nazism as a whole. The juxtaposition of these two images is extremely powerful in the sense of creating secondary realities. This montage creates a relationship between Hitler, skeletons, gold, and the Nazi institution. Any reference to any of these things may spark the memory of this very powerful photomontage, and the truth that it reveals, Nazism is a bad thing that does not help anybody, it promotes idiocies (Herzfeld, 6). As one can clearly see, Heartfield was dedicated to unveiling the truth in a time and place when the ...
