Abstract

Despite his military outfit and strenuous exertions, Bismarck is unable to wrestle the bogey-man of socialism back into the box. This cartoon from the British satirical magazine Punch appeared at a time when debate on the Anti-Socialist Law was still occupying the attention of the Reichstag deputies in Berlin.

“The Socialist Jack-in-the-Box” (September 28, 1878)

Source

Source: The armored chancellor tries in vain to push the “Socialist Jack” back into the box. Print, caricature (19th century), from Punch (September 28, 1878).
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Recommended Citation

“The Socialist Jack-in-the-Box” (September 28, 1878), published in: German History in Documents and Images, <https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/forging-an-empire-bismarckian-germany-1866-1890/ghdi:image-1446> [April 23, 2024].

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