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The handwriting on the wall at Belshazzar's feast
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | Yugoslavia |
| Description | World War II cartoon shows Hitler and his lieutenants, Hermann Goering and Josef Goebbels, Mussolini, and a Japanese officer at a feast, staring in horror at the word "Sarajevo" written on the wall. According to the Bible, Belshazzar, a Babylonian ruler, saw a hand, writing mysterious words on the wall, words which accurately predicted his imminent downfall and death. In the spring of 1941, the government of Yugoslavia agreed to Hitler's demands that Yugoslavia align itself with the Axis nations. On March 27, however, a popular Serbian uprising overthrew the government, placed the young King Peter on the throne, and rejected the agreement. Sarajevo, one of the larger cities in Yugoslavia, was the site of the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand, the incident that precipitated World War I. Berryman suggests that this new Yugoslavian uprising may signal the defeat of Hitler's aims. The cartoonist's optimism was premature; on April 6, German troops invaded Yugoslavia, and the young king and and his government were forced to flee. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Cartoon Drawings |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Banquets--1940-1950. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Goebbels, Joseph,--1897-1945. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Belshazzar. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | World War, 1939-1945--Diplomacy--German--Yugoslavia. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Mussolini, Benito,--1883-1945. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Hitler, Adolf,--1889-1945. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Göring, Hermann,--1893-1946. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Biblical events--1940-1950. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
