Artwork Title: Der Unterrichter (The Teacher)

Der Unterrichter (The Teacher), 1980

Tomi Ungerer

(Drawing for Rigor Mortis, published in 1983 by Diogenes Verlag AG, Zürich). “I remember I had to do a portrait of the Fuhrer, you know, giving a speech, and put a stein of beer on this thing. Well, the Fuhrer didn’t drink, but still, you know, nobody ever objected. The thing is, no matter what tyranny, you can always get away, maybe not with murder, but with a few other things. And your mind is always free. Nobody can take away your mind. “We were brought up to become soldiers. … [T]hey would say, ‘Don’t think. The Fuhrer thinks for you.’ But then it was reassuring, too, because I was not a good pupil, and then the teachers would say to me … ‘Don’t worry, the Fuhrer needs artists and all that.’ I mean, the whole thing was geared to win over the children away from their parents.” (http://www.tomiungerer.com/tomi-ungerer-on-npr/)
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