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Haurongo: Low, David Alexander Cecil

Cartoon by David Alexander Cecil Low highlighting the dangers of fascism just prior to the Second World War

Cartoon by David Alexander Cecil Low highlighting the dangers of fascism just prior to the Second World War

David Low's anti-fascist cartoons for the London Evening Standard led to his name being added to the Gestapo arrest list in the 1930s. This 1938 cartoon ridicules the fascism of Germany and Italy (personified by Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini) in contrast to the democracy of France and Britain (represented by Edouard Daladier and Neville Chamberlain).

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: NON-ATL-C-0082

by David Alexander Cecil Low

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Susan E. Foster. 'Low, David Alexander Cecil', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/635/cartoon-by-david-alexander-cecil-low-highlighting-the-dangers-of-fascism-just-prior-to (accessed 4 June 2026).