Happy Merchant

Happy Merchant (a crude caricature of a smiling Jewish man with his hands clasped) and the caption "IT'S WORKING" below it.

Also appears as: Le Happy Merchant, Jew Face

Happy Merchant is an antisemitic meme depicting a stereotypical representation of a Jewish character with a large hooked nose, kippah, beard, and clasped hands. Happy Merchant is one of the most popular antisemitic symbols found online, and is often used to invoke antisemitic conspiracy theories. It’s appearance is heavily inspired by historical antisemitic caricatures, notably those produced within Nazi Germany, and was pulled from a comic produced by an infamous white supremacist cartoonist who worked under the pseudonym “A. Wyatt Mann.”

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