Propagandopolis
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O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree… (Soviet Christmas leaflet, 1941)
Text: ‘O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree…’ Year: 1941. Publisher: NA. Artist: NA. Additional information: Soviet “Christmas card” from the Second World War depicting a dead German soldier lying beneath a Christmas tree on the Eastern Front. Dropped over German positions ahead of Christmas. Reverse text urges German soldiers to end the war and blames…
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The Dutch are at the back, you’re at the front (Indonesian poster, ca. 1945-49)
Text: The Dutch are at the back, you’re at the front. As always: the Dutch are at the back, you’re at the front. Why: the Dutch can easily run, and you’re the one to die. And yet: the Dutch have higher salaries, eat better food, earn promotions faster. Year: 1945-49. Publisher: Banjarnegara Information Bureau of…
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Boomerang (Russian emigre cartoon, 1951)
Text: Boomerang. Year: 1951. Publisher: Satirikon. Artist: N. Ir-sky (Н. Ир-ского). Additional information: Cartoon shows Stalin as a caveman being struck by the hammer-and-sickle boomerang he’s just fruitlessly flung at the West. Flags seem to be Russia, US, UK, France and Belgium.
