Juden raus (1936) - German Board Game

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Juden raus (1936)-  Board Game

A sort of amalgam of Monopoly and Halma, where the objective was to collect as many Jews as you could, and get them off the board. The pieces were little pawns wearing pointed medieval Jewish hats; the players moved them by rolling dice; the child winning was the one whose Jews scurried out, 'off to Palestine!' through the gates of a walled city.
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Juden Raus ("Jews out") was a Parchesi-style game published in Germany by Günther & Co. in 1936, just one year after the Nuremberg Laws were put into effect. The game was advertised as "entertaining, instructive and solidly constructed."[2] The game's equipment includes a pair of dice, a game board, and several game piece figurines with large pointed hats meant to represent Jews.[3]

Players take turns rolling the dice and moving their "Jews" across the map toward "collection points" outside the city walls for deportation to Palestine.[4] Written on the game board, it says  "If you manage to see off 6 Jews, you've won a clear victory!"[5]

Publisher    
Günther & Co., Dresden

Year Published    
1936

# of Players    
2 − 6

Mfg Suggested Ages    
12 and up



In fact, according to gaming historians Andrew Morris-Friedman and Ulrich Schädler:

"Juden Raus!" (Jews Out!) – History's most infamous board game

Board games can be used by cultural historians to gain insights into the values of different cultures. Many modern games have been based on the theme of teaching moral values of the cultures that produce them. One game of moral values however, stands out as the most infamous board game of all time. The game from Germany, "Juden Raus!" (Jews Out!) depicts the policy of racial hatred that defines the Nazi era. It was designed as a family board game that simulates the start of the persecution against the Jewish people of that era. As to the surprise of the producer of the game he had miscalculated: heavily criticized by the Nazis, the announced "bestseller" flopped, even before it was properly marketed.

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