Mussolini
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American democracy, private enterprise – and they said our system was crumbling! (American poster, ca. 1943)
Text: American democracy, private enterprise – and they said our system was crumbling! Year: ca. 1943. Publisher: Think American Institute. Artist: NA. Additional information: Shows a worker standing over a destroyed sculpture of Mussolini against a sunlit backdrop of factories and skyscrapers. The Think American Institute was a New York-based organisation formed by industrialists in…
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The Broken Colossus (British cartoon, 1942)
Text: The Broken Colossus Year: 1942. Publisher: Punch magazine. Artist: Bernard Partridge. Additional information: Shows Mussolini as the Colossus of Rhodes, dressed as Caesar while straddling the Mediterranean, though his ‘Africa’ leg is broken.
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Italian student notebook (ca. 1941)
Text: The Italian people want to advance under the sign of the Littorio which means unity, will, discipline. Year: ca. 1941. Publisher: Unknown. Artist: Antonio Rigorini. Additional information: Illustration shows Mussolini watching members of the fascist youth movement, or Gioventù Italiana del Littorio (GIL). The reverse (visible below) depicts a member of the GIL. The…
