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 Taring Padi, one of the collectives at Documenta 15, erected an agitprop tableau titled "People's Justice" which included many exaggerated satirical characters. The large banner was meant to commemorate victims of Indonesia’s dictatorship under General Suharto, which lasted from 1967 through 1998. The work was designed and produced in 2002.
-One of the caricatures depicted seems to be a member of the Mossad, Israel’s secret service, depicted as a pig. Another jewish figure appears with fangs, blood-red eyes, a large nose, pointy teeth, side-locks, and a cap emblazoned with “SS,” the acronym for the Nazi ''Schutzstaffel''.
+One of the caricatures depicted seems to be a member of the Mossad, Israel’s secret service, depicted as a pig. Another Jewish figure appears with fangs, blood-red eyes, a large nose, pointy teeth, side-locks, and a cap emblazoned with “SS,” the acronym for the Nazi ''Schutzstaffel''.
-|description_of_incident=Taring Padi's image, with its illustrations of various jewish figures presented in stereotypically antisemetic ways, generated immediate and considerable controversy.  By the end of the day upon which the controversy errupted, the artwork was covered up.
+|description_of_incident=Taring Padi's image, with its illustrations of various Jewish figures presented in stereotypically antisemetic ways, generated immediate and considerable controversy.  By the end of the day upon which the controversy errupted, the artwork was covered up.
 Taring Padi was accused of antisemitism by German media as well Israel’s embassy to Germany—the latter voiced “disgust” in Times of Israel over the artwork’s inclusion in the world-renowned exhibition.