Background: This story comes from Der Giftpilz, an anti-Semitic
children’s book published by Julius Streicher, the publisher of
Der Stürmer. This summary and partial translation is taken from
a 1938 publication issued by the “Friends of Europe” in London,
an organization to which I have not been able to find a
successor to request permission to reprint. How Jewish Traders
Cheat This story introduces a Jewish hawker who tries to sell
bad cloth to a young German peasant girl. It is a festival
evening in the village when the Jew turns up with his wares. The
Jew flatters the peasant woman and spreads out his wares.
“Everything the heart desires, Levy has for sale.” But the
German peasant girl turns down his offers. The Jew persists, and
shows her some stuff of “... purest wool. That will make a dress
for you, woman, so that you will look like a Baroness or a
Princess, like a Queen. And cheap, too, that I can tell you!”
But the peasant woman knows the Jew too well. “I am buying
nothing from you,” she says, and goe