John Heartfield
Millions Stand Behind Me
1932
This photomontage is by John Heartfield and is one of his photomontage created in 1932. My first impression of this photomontage is who is this man one the bottom right of the montage that looks like Adolf Hitler and why is the montage in French instead of English. I also then thought what if it was Hitler. After researching Heartfield’s original intent of this montage it was said that he specifically linked Hitler's electoral success with his courting of wealthy industrialists from the Rhineland . More generally, he gives pictorial punch to the commonplace idea that money fuels political power by implying that the Nazi salute is in fact a plea for cash. Also the title Der Sinn des Hitlergrusses mean the real meaning of the Hitler salute.
