SIMPLICISSIMUS
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A large part of German propaganda was directed not only to Germans and the Axis, but one target was Englishmen and Americans. One objective was to try and cause strains in the amazingly strong British-American Alliance. In this cartoon Roosevelt—the large adult figure—is leading the small child, Churchill, by the hand. Many British were sensitive about this possibility.
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Simplicissimus (German: [zɪmplɪˈtsɪsɪmʊs]) was a satirical German weekly magazine started by Albert Langen in April 1896 and published until 1967, with a hiatus from 1944–1954. It became a biweekly in 1964. It took its name from the protagonist of Grimmelshausen's 1668 novel Der Abenteuerliche Simplicissimus Teutsch. The headquarters were in Munich.
