Civics, Social Messaging
Curt Bloch hid from the Nazis in an attic in the Netherlands. Every week he published a satirical magazine of art, poetry and song.

Bloch was given water, food and essentials by his hosts, as were thousands of other Jews hidden during WWII. But his protectors also supplied him with newspapers, pens, glue and other supplies. Each week, he used those materials to create a new issue of his own satirical magazine.

Next month an exhibition of a little-known wartime publications is going on display in Berlin. All 95 issues of Het Onderwater Cabaret will be shown in “‘My Verses Are Like Dynamite’: Curt Bloch’s Het Onderwater Cabaret,” a free exhibition at the Jewish Museum Berlin.

Article: While Hiding From the Nazis in an Attic, a Jewish Man Created 95 Issues of a Satirical Magazine