Cartoon from a handwritten newspaper created by teenager George Ftikas and his friend, which was distributed throughout their neighborhood in Salonika.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 76335

Overview

Caption: Cartoon from a handwritten newspaper created by teenager George Ftikas and his friend, which was distributed throughout their neighborhood in Salonika.

The page is entitled (translated), "The Story of Little Benito." The frames are captioned,
1. When he was young, he lingered around killing time.
2. They said that he'd become a big head (important man) ... and he did.
3. When he grew, he acted like a rooster ... and wanted to occupy Greece.
4. But he started work with tassels (got into big trouble).
5. And he ate his face (hurt himself).
6. At the end, he went to hell (literally, "the Devil got his mother and father").
Date: 1943 October 29
Locale: Salonika, [Macedonia] Greece
Variant Locale: Thessaloniki
Saloniki
Salonica
Solun
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of George Ftikas

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: George Ftikas