July 8th, 2016: Racist German Medal

xoxoxoBruce · 07-07-2016, 10:30 PM

Karl Goetz was a renowned metal maker in Germany for the first half of the 20th century.

He created these metals in 1920 to promote anti-black sentiment.
This particular one is called The Watch on the Rhine or Die schwarze Schande (The Black Shame).
He wanted to stir up Germans against the black colonial Frenchmen occupying Germany, especially Rhine territory.
Warning they would be saying, 'Where the white women at'.

hideouse · 07-08-2016, 10:55 AM

in his book "the war of the world: the descent of the west" he mentions this settlement of black frenchmen along the rhine. Who knew? Interesting book.

Diaphone Jim · 07-08-2016, 12:31 PM

I think Die Schwarze Schande may be pretty much NSFW.
Depending on where you work, of course.
I love translations: "..to a tree large phallus bound woman.."
I can't find anything about the symbolism on the helmets.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-08-2016, 01:54 PM

Why would "Die Schwarze Schande (The Black Shame)" be NSFW anywhere?

Diaphone Jim · 07-08-2016, 02:27 PM

Uh, well, I thought maybe a naked woman shackled to an erect penis and accoutrements, helmeted or not, was at least borderline.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-08-2016, 04:46 PM

That's a tree... and rocks... and a helmet.
OK, nipples. But we've had plenty of statues, in metal, with nipples, and nobody bats an eye. Are you saying German's have dirty minds?

Diaphone Jim · 07-08-2016, 05:43 PM

Boy, that's a relief!
I guess it was OK to let my granddaughter take the big printout she made to her best friend's thirteenth birthday sleepover tonight.

I thought it was interesting, so I looked closer and look what happened

xoxoxoBruce · 07-08-2016, 07:01 PM

Sure the girls will love it. Don't all teenage girls love history?

DanaC · 07-09-2016, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Sure the girls will love it. Don't all teenage girls love history?

I did...

xoxoxoBruce · 07-09-2016, 05:32 PM

Did what? Dream of being tied naked with your lovely nipples protruding to a tree with a helmet?

DanaC · 07-09-2016, 05:42 PM

No.....love history ;p

But by all means, feel free to have a different image floating round your head

xoxoxoBruce · 07-09-2016, 09:49 PM

Thank you, I will.

07-07-2016, 10:30 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	July 8th, 2016: Racist German Medal Karl Goetz was a renowned metal maker in Germany for the first half of the 20th century. He created these metals in 1920 to promote anti-black sentiment. This particular one is called The Watch on the Rhine or Die schwarze Schande (The Black Shame). He wanted to stir up Germans against the black colonial Frenchmen occupying Germany, especially Rhine territory. Warning they would be saying, 'Where the white women at'. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-08-2016, 10:55 AM	#2
hideouse Coronation Incarnate Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 91	niall ferguson in his book "the war of the world: the descent of the west" he mentions this settlement of black frenchmen along the rhine. Who knew? Interesting book. __________________ If you need a straight line, I've usually got a few to spare.

07-08-2016, 01:54 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Why would "Die Schwarze Schande (The Black Shame)" be NSFW anywhere? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-08-2016, 04:46 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That's a tree... and rocks... and a helmet. OK, nipples. But we've had plenty of statues, in metal, with nipples, and nobody bats an eye. Are you saying German's have dirty minds? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-08-2016, 07:01 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Sure the girls will love it. Don't all teenage girls love history? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-08-2016, 12:31 PM	#3
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	I think Die Schwarze Schande may be pretty much NSFW. Depending on where you work, of course. I love translations: "..to a tree large phallus bound woman.." I can't find anything about the symbolism on the helmets.

07-08-2016, 02:27 PM	#5
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	Uh, well, I thought maybe a naked woman shackled to an erect penis and accoutrements, helmeted or not, was at least borderline.

07-08-2016, 05:43 PM	#7
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	Boy, that's a relief! I guess it was OK to let my granddaughter take the big printout she made to her best friend's thirteenth birthday sleepover tonight. I thought it was interesting, so I looked closer and look what happened

07-09-2016, 05:32 PM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Did what? Dream of being tied naked with your lovely nipples protruding to a tree with a helmet? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-09-2016, 09:49 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Thank you, I will. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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