Malik-Verlag

Malik-Verlag (Ger: Der Malik-Verlag) was a German publishing house founded by Wieland Herzfelde, his brother John Heartfield, and George Grosz, and existed from 1916 to 1947.

It primiarly focused on political, anti-fascist, and avant-garde art as well as communist literature.

[1] Its name derives from the novel Der Malik by Else Lasker-Schüler.

[2] In 1944, having successfully gained a visa to America in 1939, he, in conjunction with others like Oskar Maria Graf, launched 'Aurora Verlag' as the successor.

[3] The books published with Malik-Verlag were made popular due to their innovative dust jackets designed by John Heartfield who used the technique of photomontage and specially-designed typefaces.