It should be noted that there's an extensive history[0] of octopi being used in propaganda posters dating back to 1877, depicting countries such as: Russia/USSR

It should be noted that there's an extensive history[0] of octopi being used in propaganda posters dating back to 1877, depicting countries such as: Russia/USSR, England/Britain, Prussia/Germany, Japan, America (by both the Nazis and various communists), not to mention more abstract things like imperialism, landlordism, oil companies, company directors, etc. The Nazis didn't even coin the depiction of Jews as octopi, as there's a late 19th century example depicting the Rothschild family as such[1]. Hell, the same year as the crude and anti-semitic Nazi example you have Americans publishing books calling Hitler an octopus in both title and artwork.[2] It's understandable that a German class on Nazi propaganda would focus on the anti-semitic element, and I sympathise with those that are going to have a stronger emotional reaction to such images, but it's important to remember that it's minority of anti-semitic examples compared to numerous examples without such connotations. Perhaps especially so when it's an org depicting itself as the octopus. [0] https://hyperallergic.com/375900/the-map-octopus-a-propaganda-motif-of-spreading-evil/ https://hyperallergic.com/375900/the-map-octopus-a-propagand... [1] https://atlanticsentinel.com/2017/08/the-octopus-in-political-cartoons/ https://atlanticsentinel.com/2017/08/the-octopus-in-politica... [2] https://www.flickr.com/photos/120380035@N05/13567332414 https://www.flickr.com/photos/120380035@N05/13567332414