“Yes, [to] the Communist party! [the presiding judge asked Grosz: 'Do you belong to a political party?']”

—  George Grosz

In newspaper 'Frankfurter Zeitung', 4 Dec. 1930, second morning edition [copy, in the 'Archive of the National-Galerie', East Berlin])
the statement in this German newspaper reports of the case, brought against Grosz for 'blasphemy', over his portfolio of prints: 'Hintergrund' (Background)

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