Maurice de Hond. Photo: Wikipedia The Volkskrant newspaper has apologised for publishing a cartoon featuring opinion pollster Maurice de Hond with anti-Semitic overtones. The full-page cartoon depicted a grinning De Hond, who is of Jewish heritage, holding two sets of puppet strings in his oversized hands, echoing the ‘puppet master’ trope used in Nazi propaganda of the 1930s and 1940s. Volkskrant editor Pieter Klok issued an apology in which he said the image was ‘too reminiscent’ of anti-Semitic cartoons of the past. Wie bij de @volkskrant had het briljante idee deze hufterige karikatuur te plaatsen op weg naar 4 mei? pic.twitter.com/QxFGiWLR8x