
Grosz, GeorgeTyskland, 1893–1959Må man se det?
Udstillet for publikum. Hvem der står inde for det, står nedenfor.
22. maj 1926
Son born: Peter M. Grosz
28. juli 1928 – 12. august 1928
Took part in: 1928 Summer Olympics
10 December 1928
Convicted of blasphemy: “Christ in a gas mask”
Grosz and his publisher Wieland Herzfelde are prosecuted and fined on charges of blasphemy and sacrilege for two anticlerical drawings in the portfolio Hintergrund (Background): one shows prisoners assaulted by a minister who vomits grenades and weapons onto them, the other a crucified Christ in a World War I gas mask and combat boots.
1928–1933 · Bopæl
Wilmersdorf
1929
Acquitted by the Reichsgericht in Berlin
After two appeals Grosz and his publisher are finally acquitted by the Reichsgericht in Berlin; the judge decides that it was not an offence to religion but an attack on militarism.
28. februar 1930
Son born: Marty Grosz