David Eugene Dees (July 9, 1957 – May 31, 2020)[1] was an American commercial artist and graphic designer, known for his digital art depicting conspiracy theories. He began creating this type of art around 2003 after seeing photos of 9/11 that were used by conspiracy theorists.[2]
In 2017, the inclusion of one of Dees's illustrations in a German political textbook caused a controversy. The image, which depicted a Pac-Man-like character devouring Europe over the phrase "Rothschild bank", was widely described as anti-Semitic. The publisher of the textbook said that inclusion of the image was a "regrettable mistake" and halted printing. They also issued a replacement page for books that were already in circulation and promised to remove the image in the next edition.[8][9]
Other images that Dees has created have been seen as anti-Semitic. They promote the Holocaust as fake. For example, he uses lines that Holocaust deniers use often, such as "Truth does not fear investigation."[10] In one of his images he relies on the claim that the gas chambers at Auschwitz were used to kill lice, not people.[10]
